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Kettles are pretty efficient. Good kettles have tungsten heating elements. Even so, it takes so much energy to heat water because of its ridiculous specific hea
by solox3 14y ago
Kettles are pretty efficient. Good kettles have tungsten heating elements. Even so, it takes so much energy to heat water because of its ridiculous specific heat capacity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capacity#Metrology.2C_the_measurement_of_heat_capacity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capacity#Metrology.2C_the_...).
- kaliblack 14y agoThanks for the information. I guess it's that I can't comprehend the scale required to make that much of an impact. It's easier (for me) to think at the single unit.