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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

By: EvilAngel

EvilAngel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:12:33 +0000

To Frank,

Your comment : “Speaking of repetition “Evil”, he repeated a few times, you repeated a 100%.”

Can you explain? I made mention of ONE “way to save money” being a possible safety concern. Are you trying to agree or disagree with my comment? You did not make yourself very clear. I would like some clarification in order to understand your intention.

By: jim stolpe

jim stolpe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:33:28 +0000

I do agree there is alot to do for a little.But every little bit helps. I do agree with JP.But that is a nother issue.
Good article.Keep up the thought process.
It is time to stop asking questions and start giving people answers. Thank you.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:26:23 +0000

Rather than teaching people to “nickel and dime” every god-damn bill in an ever downward spiral in the quality of their life – why don’t you teach them that their STANDARD OF LIVING is DROPPING in this country because of no jobs, no manufacturing, jobs being shipped overseas, prices on everything climbing, companies insistence on diamond size profits on toothpaste and ordinary sundry item and increased competition from other countries where the people are just as educated but can produce the same goods for cheaper!!!! Why the hell aren’t you talking about this?! Instead of these ridiculous penny pinching techniques?! How about focusing on WHY pweople have to engage in this ridiculous cost cutting strategy to begin with?! As usual, you’re missing the REAL ISSUE!. And why aren’t people rioting in the streets about this? Have we become like one giant quaaluuded populace, so passive that we accept whatever crumbs are thrown at us by our system, our corporations and our government? What the hell’s a matter with you people?

JP Rattie for Congress, 2010