The Oil Drum

While I applaud your efforts at conservation, hot water in a conventional electric cylinder needs to be kept above a certain temperature to stop bacterial growth. You really, really don't want legionnaires disease.

The bonus is that you can actually make cups of tea (herbal or black) straight from the tap and not need to boil it then wait 10 minutes for it to cool off!

With privatisation of utilities, the idea is that they spend as little as possible on maintenance and upgrades, and just raise prices and milk it as long as possible. With the vast amounts of new property coming onstream, and the high barriers to entry, they are a defacto monopoly...