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Sam Barker

Dad explains the cheapest way to boil water - and says the answer 'surprised him'

An engineer and academic has worked out if it's cheaper to use a kettle or the hob to boil water - and said the result surprised him.

The TikTok user did an experiment to find out how much energy - and how much cost - was involved with boiling two litres of room temperature water.

First the engineer, who goes by the name dinosaurdannyx, worked out how to measure the flow of gas used by his stove.

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