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Share your energy/resource saving tips
JennyC:
Thanks for the tips about idled changers and appliances plugged in. I went home and checked we do have quite a few. The thing is I can not unplug everything and only plug them when I need to use them. For one, I don’t ever want to get under my desk to tackle all the wires for the computers and its peripherals. Then you have all the lamps, TVs, DVDs, cable box, major appliances, etc. I guess that’s where I stop and say that I have to leave them on for the convenience. Anyway I did get cell phone chargers, laptop chargers, and my husbands’ razor, hair dryer, coffee machine unplugged. Those are either not used that often or easy to plug in again.
JennyC:
Expand your comfortable temperature range
For some people, the only comfortable temperature range is from 65 F to 75 F (or something like that). Anything below that, the heat has to be on. Anything above that, the A/C has to be on. It’s not uncommon to be in places where it’s too hot to wear sweater during winter or so cold that you need a sweater in the summer. There is nothing wrong to dress according to the seasons. I am not talking about that you have to wear a coat indoor during winter, but a sweater is nice and fitting. Same goes for summer when we want to wear short sleeve shirts, skirts, shorts, etc. The problem with central A/C building is you don’t even know how to adjust the temperature.
The point is if we can all be a little bit more tolerate to the comfort temperature range, a lot of energy can not saved from all the heating and cooling. I have lived 20 years without A/C. It’s a shame to think that now I can’t live without one during hot summer days. It’s so easy to adapt to the convenience and comfort, and it’s almost irreversible. :-\ If I must use one, I will try not to use it that frequently.
There are many tips in terms of how to use A/C most efficiently, like don't leave it on all day, turn it off at nights, etc. But the bottom line is we need to get ourselves out of the mentality that we can only live in 71 F (which I heard is the most comfortable temperature for the human being) all year long.
Giancarlo:
We really need a break through on nuclear fusion energy... which produces almost unlimited power and little/no radioactive byproducts.
henrypie:
--- Quote from: JennyC on July 21, 2006, 08:07:28 pm ---But the bottom line is we need to get ourselves out of the mentality that we can only live in 71 F (which I heard is the most comfortable temperature for the human being) all year long.
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This is so true, Jenny.
Giancarlo:
--- Quote from: thierryhenrypie on July 21, 2006, 10:48:11 pm ---
This is so true, Jenny.
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Or move close to the beach where you get the off shore breeze. My sister gets it and see lives in Redondo Beach.. it never gets over 85F and usually stays around 75F. Where in constrast, in the San Fernando Valley it was 110F+..
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