If we accept Melba Morris?s figures in her recent correspondence (Gradual escalation in hot water costs) and use the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures (available online) to compare her costs with average monthly earnings in 1993 and 2010, it is plain to see that it cost 0.
19 per cent of her income in 1993 and 0.35 per cent in 2010. This means that the cost of heating water in a vintage hot water system has almost doubled in just under 20 years. I would suggest that she get her hot water system maintained (a new heating element, perhaps?). Or better yet, install a passive solar hot water system and then she can enjoy free hot water.
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