Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets

 There's no conversion machine. Here is the explanation from a gas bill last year:
"Your gas meter measures usage in units, but like all suppliers, we have to do a bit of maths to turn it into kWh. Here's how it works:
GAS UNITS USED X CALORIFIC VALUE (39.1) X VOLUME CORRECTION (1.02264) ÷ 3.6"
That particular month, I used 146 units according to the gas meter, so the calculation was:
146 x 39.1 x 1.02244 / 3.6 = 1621.6 (rounded to 1622kWh)
 The caloric value and volume correction varies slightly depending on the source of the natural gas. Note that for modern gas meters, 1 unit = 1 cubic metre.
 

The easy way would be to compare direct gas heating with resistive
electric heating, both of which are crazy inefficient.

 ??? Forgetting for the moment the source of the electricity, resistive electric heating is 100% efficient!
 

There is a movement here to eliminate gas to Save The Earth. Berkeley
CA forbids running gas to new-construction homes. I'm sure that will
keep Climate Change from affecting Berkeley.

 Similar here. There's going to be a ban on gas heaters for new homes from 2025 (probably?). See <https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/gas-boiler-ban>
 

I don't think the gas ban will ever happen... At least, not until the UK becomes 100% totally self sufficient in green/renewable i.e. solar/wind/nuclear.It's a bit ilke the electric car situation.. It will be 50+ years before there are no IC cars. Jeff- Have you considered switching to Octopus Energy and get on their tracker/Agile tariffs? I'm from the UK..
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