"It never occurs to the Brits - who all profess to care about clean energy, and who all use electric kettles - that heating water in a plain old kettle on a gas stove uses far, far less "dirty" energy, and is a tiny fraction of the cost. Electricity is a far less efficient, and a far more wasteful use of resources than burning natural gas. That plus the incidental heat brought into the kitchen would help those Brits warm their homes a little during the colder months."