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[โ€“] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

if all that energy is used to boil water and we're cutting that energy use by 3/4 then it's saving 70Wh (not kWh) per litre, or 70kWh per cubic meter. that's not much

[โ€“] tabris@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

When you're dealing with thousands of litres per hour, it's a fair amount.