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First tell your roommate to ditch the space heater. Not only do they soak up energy, but they are a HUGE fire hazard if left unattended. Central heat is cheaper. However, I understand if you live in an old school house in downtown that doesn't have that.
This kind of reminds me of a situation with my old roommate. My roommate moved into our new apartment about a month before I did. During that month, she went on a 2 week vacation, worked 8 hours a day when she got back and spent the remaining hours with her boyfriend at his place. Needless to say, there was no power running through that apartment for a month or two. Except maybe the fridge. Our bill was like $15. Once school started and we both lived there full time. Our bill raised an extra $10. The roommate started flipping out saying that this $10 increase was all my computer's fault. Nevermind that there were now two people living there full time with 2 T.Vs, the air conditioner running, the stove, microwave, etc instead of no one. And it wasn't like the bill quadrupled. We eventually agreed to just split it down the middle after much (unnecessary) debate. About 6 months later, she bought herself a computer and our bills were still about the same.
I live on my own now.
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