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November 24, 2008

the cheapest way to save energy

BurnWe're all facing living with a bit less these days. Giving up some things may be hard, but others are easy and will save more than money. 

It is easy to give up burning money - let's see how.


It may not seem sexy, but the cheapest way to save energy and lower carbon emissions is conservation.  Some types of conservation are very easy.  Unplug things that use electricity around your home when you aren't using them.  TVs, stereos, PCs, set top boxes, game consoles.  You can plug them into power strips to make it easy and this may save more than a hundred dollars a year for most of you if you are serious - and lots of carbon too!


It is wrong to burn money, but this is exactly what you are doing when you aren't switching your stuff off when it isn't being used.


This is something where you kids can lead the way!  Set the example.  Make sure things are switched off on power strips when they aren't in use.  You can read about what California is doing and write to the people who run your state and the country and ask them why they don't do the same things.  Figure out how much you can save and maybe you can even make a deal with your parents and get some of the savings for making it happen.  You can start now


You might even find better things to do with your time when the TV is off.  Zula and Daisy Mae like to run and bark.  You may not bark as well, but running, playing games and riding your bike is a lot more fun than sitting in front of a TV.  


But even if you stay inside, remember to unplug things off when they aren't being used.


White roofs, not lighting the sky up at night, fixing air ducts ... There are thousands of other things that can be done and California is leading the nation on energy efficiency - the US could cut make huge cuts in energy use and carbon emissions if it adopted California's policies.  The power companies have good incentives to promote savings - check out the plans from Southern California Edison.


We all have to use energy and cut our green house emissions, but if we are smart about it we don't have to suffer and can justify the important things.

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