Comments on: 72 Ways to Save Money on Electricity Without Spending a Cent

By: Loretta

Loretta — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:23:27 +0000

I would like to know how cut the phantom power from each room & can this be done by the power bar which doesn’t sound logical

By: Aaron Cataquet

Aaron Cataquet — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:36:46 +0000

It’s simple if you have a high electric bill at the end of every mouth get a better job/ or lower your other bills for example your car notes (If you have) just give your car away and get a scooter or a moepad.

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:56:16 +0000

Hey,

Love your article, thanks for this

- David

p.s. I just wrote one as well here
compare energy prices

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By: Dione

Dione — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:19:17 +0000

$10k dead deermeat smell. Wow.

The point about times when energy costs the most is a good one–I didn’t know about that til I was 26 and processing submetered electrical invoices for my company.

But does unplugging stuff like turned-off lights, power adapters, and electronics that are generally just “powered-off” really necessary to save money? Does it do it significantly?

I like the ideas–I’ll def implement a few, but I also agree that the quality of life is important too. Don’t waste your life resetting the alarm clock every day–buy a wind-up! LOL!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Most of these ideas are already incorporated (for years) by our family. Saving energy is a “habit”, not a chore. If it’s viewed as a “chore”, it’s hard to make it happen.

By: L Miller

L Miller — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:43 +0000

My Daughter’s husband must have read this article before they went to Cancun. He pulled the main breaker. When they got back after over two weeks, the two freezers full of deer meat and frozen veggies had ruined the lower level of the house to the tune of $10,000.

By: My reply

My reply — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:32:11 +0000

Try something. You can ask your energy suppliers to give you a printout of the usage for an address for at least the prior year if not longer. If you have your old bills you can use them as well. Compare the usage of this year’s months with those of the prior years and average the bills for those months if you have more than one year of billing information. Then turn off EVERYTHING you can for the same months for the next two billing cycles and compare those with prior years bills. Then plug everything back in and go back to your old habits for the 3rd and 4th billing cycles. Doesn’t matter the months, the temperature etc, the reduction in the amount of the bills when you turned off everything will surprize you. I have reduced my energy bills by between 1/3 to 1/2 for every month I have been turning off everything I can. We are not heavy users of energy as wound be the case for a young couple with children. Thinking back to the amount of cooking, cleaning, dishes, and laundry for babies, tweens, teenagers and their friends, plus the amount of small appliances used on a dairly basis, the magnitude in today’s world with no conservation in mind is appalling. One friend of mine bargained with her family for a weekend trip with the savings if so they would buy into the experiment. The did go on the trip! A few power strips in handy places eliminate the whine that it is too much trouble.

Whether you believe in global warming or not, using less energy prevents you from being just plain arrogant, plus it saves you money. If you are worried about the economy, hey you will have more money to buy with CASH the consumer items that will help drive the economy and jobs up without helping to the big utility companies, banks and credit card companies get even richer. They might even get the idea to reduce costs if they finally see that we are tired of being ripped off year after year and you might even have less disgust when you pay your bills each month or turn your head when you see your car repossessed or your neighbors move from their due to a job loss or foreclosure. Feel helpless when you read about how many children are hungry? If you don’t need the money, donate it to those persons who really do need your help. How hard is it to understand that if we all work together for good, things change for good, if not, things will only get worse.

By: Old Soldier

Old Soldier — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:03 +0000

Please keep up the good work. It seems all your naysayers have their own agenda unrelated to saving energy. It’s oh so easy to nitpick (ie: you repeated some items) but very hard to provide constructive, helpful ideas. It also seems some of them are just plain lazy–ie: plugs are behind the TV, refrig–too hard to get to. I enjoy your postings