Comments on: Top Ten Tips - Reducing Your Electricity http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/ Making Your Life Easier, Ten Tips At A Time! Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Frank http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-741 Frank Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:59 +0000 http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-741 If your feel that your electricity supplier is ripping you off, post him on the ripoffforum.org ;) This one will be a sure fire soon. <blockquote>I do question the suggestion that eating out would be more economical than cooking with an electric stove, even in a big city or when cooking for less than 2 people. <strong>Jennifer</strong></blockquote> I did some counting on my five fingers and it seems you are right. If your feel that your electricity supplier is ripping you off, post him on the ripoffforum.org ;)
This one will be a sure fire soon.

I do question the suggestion that eating out would be more economical than cooking with an electric stove, even in a big city or when cooking for less than 2 people. Jennifer

I did some counting on my five fingers and it seems you are right.

]]> By: Tip Dude http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-506 Tip Dude Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:41:44 +0000 http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-506 Jennifer, Tip Dude always gets a lot of reader objections whenever he asserts that eating out can be cheaper. Eating out on a regular basis can have its negative health implications, and of course it depends on what you cook as to how much it costs you. If, like many New Yorkers, your kitchen consists of a single microwave oven, and you often stuff your face with $2 pizza, $3.50 Chinese food, $4 fast food meal, or a $4.50 burger at the local diner, you will understand the big savings that come with not having to rent the space and pay the costs for a freezer, a stove, and maybe even a car to get to and from the cheaper grocery stores in the suburbs. Of course, you can't charge all of those 'lifestyle' costs against the choice to cook at home. However, it is important to understand that cooking is a lifestyle choice - and not necessarily a way to save money. The proliferation of joints like White Castle in poorer neighborhoods suggest that many inner city dwellers have figured out that eating out is likely cheaper or similarly priced as finding an apartment with a fully-fitted kitchen that offers convenient access to a grocery store that isn't a rip-off. Jennifer, Tip Dude always gets a lot of reader objections whenever he asserts that eating out can be cheaper. Eating out on a regular basis can have its negative health implications, and of course it depends on what you cook as to how much it costs you. If, like many New Yorkers, your kitchen consists of a single microwave oven, and you often stuff your face with $2 pizza, $3.50 Chinese food, $4 fast food meal, or a $4.50 burger at the local diner, you will understand the big savings that come with not having to rent the space and pay the costs for a freezer, a stove, and maybe even a car to get to and from the cheaper grocery stores in the suburbs. Of course, you can’t charge all of those ‘lifestyle’ costs against the choice to cook at home. However, it is important to understand that cooking is a lifestyle choice - and not necessarily a way to save money. The proliferation of joints like White Castle in poorer neighborhoods suggest that many inner city dwellers have figured out that eating out is likely cheaper or similarly priced as finding an apartment with a fully-fitted kitchen that offers convenient access to a grocery store that isn’t a rip-off.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-495 Jennifer Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:00:09 +0000 http://www.tipdiva.com/2008/01/02/84/#comment-495 Good post. I do question the suggestion that eating out would be more economical than cooking with an electric stove, even in a big city or when cooking for less than 2 people. Good post. I do question the suggestion that eating out would be more economical than cooking with an electric stove, even in a big city or when cooking for less than 2 people.

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