I asked WolframAlpha, what is the energy required to boil an ocean volume full of water?

3.39×10^24 kJ (kilojoules)

I then asked WolframAlpha to convert that to kilowatt hours

9.417×10^20 kW h (kilowatt hours)

I then asked WolframAlpha to multiply that by the price of electricity in New York City (in US Dollars)

$1.813×10^20 (US dollars) (August 1, 2011)

That’s how much my ConEd bill would have been back in August if I had boiled the ocean.