>>> Are you cooking electric? How do you heat your house?
>>
>> Both of those are gas.
> 
> just asking. I think I heard that in the UK many cook electric.

Sure. I know people who do have electric heating and cooking. It's just 
that our particular house doesn't.

>> imagine running the washing machine several times per day 
> 
> Why would you do that? We do on average one wash a week, I think.

Because by the time the weekend arrives, there's quite a lot of clothing 
to wash.

>> - or accidentally leaving the lights on -
> 
> Depends on the lights.

Well, our front room has a light fitting that contains five 100W bulbs. 
This, I presume, uses 500W of power.

(It's also seriously difficult to change the bulbs, BTW. I hate that 
light fitting so much!)

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