Reduce Your Power Bills Fast
If you’ve been discouraged by the enormous power bills you’ve likely been receiving, it’s time to take some realistic steps towards lowering those bills. You can easily and inexpensively reduce your power bills by following a few very simple steps.
This article will list some simple, easy-to-do things to reduce your power bill.
Limit use: Begin with the room you‘re sitting in. If you were to take a call in another room or join your family at the dinner table, would you just leave the room without any concern for the lights and appliances in the room? If your answer is “yes”, then stop right there, and think about it. Even if you’ll be back in just a couple of minutes, switching off the power to un needed sources, even for just a few minutes can make an impact on your monthly bill.
Smart investments: Make some smart power saving investments by replacing your incandescent bulbs (aka standard light bulbs) with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. These bulbs are a great power-saving investment because they can use the same, or sometimes use less power while providing more light.
Home appliance usage: Most people assume that their power bills are through the roof because of the number of electrical appliances they have. However, what you pay for power is not directly proportional to the number of gadgets you use, but rather the way you use them. Following are a few things to remember to help to keep your power bills in check.
• Use the washing machine only when there is a full load of clothes.
• Keep the air-conditioner or heater at the minimum low or high temperature, just enough to keep you off the heat or the cold outside.
• Switch off the computer monitor even when you take a one-minute break. It takes just a second to switch on the monitor again!
You’d be surprised at how quickly the savings will add up just by taking these simple steps.
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This is Sarah speaking out on alt energy. This was just before being picked for VP. 8/9/08 This was when I still liked Sarah and thought she was for the people. There was no drill dance, only talk of real solutions -although I didn’t find any solutions to power my car and house. I need for less lip service from Politicians and some energy alternatives that I can afford and are available now. It’s too expensive to drive and heat our house, we need that wind tunnel to become affordable (way too expensive for most people) and electric or hydro conversions in our cars now! No garage is doing it so had no luck there either. How about putting some of that “dough” to work with an organized and funded effort to install these devices in people’s homes who want it and in cars too. This alt fair was a show with no real available solutions. Everywhere I turn for alternatives I get hit with suppression by big oil govt (that now backs her). We need to decrease dependence on oil right now and its in the peoples best interest but big o is making record profits at our expense. Im sick of our elitist govt -they do not make decisions for our best interests only their own greed and power which is out of control. I do not care whose side you’re on we need to address this. URGENTLY! We the people need to DEMAND the release of these suppressed technologies and get them to work IMMEDIATELY! That would be some real energy independence. Keynote Speaker was Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Cities Program Manager from the Post Carbon Institute.
This was created as a rough draft for my submission to the American Solutions Video Contest. (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngcIgV-nYBQ ) For picture of the school’s solar panels, see http://www.fcps.edu/TerrasetES/history/bldhist.htm ** Update Revised Script ** [Open with old picture of Terraset with panels, having caption Once Upon a Time, there was a solar heated school.] [Wide shot showing missing panels] Welcome to that solar school. During the energy crises of the 70s, which were created by misguided federal policies, alternative energy was as much a political fad as it is today. My community went beyond brainwashing lesson plans, we actually built a solar heated school, Terraset. But the real lesson came when the school district, converted the school to conventional heating and tore down the solar panels, which were TOO expensive to maintain. [Close shot of frame support post, looking up toward missing panels] Alternative energy sources are more expensive, less effective, and inefficient when applied to conventional problems; otherwise, we would call them the best solutions instead of alternative. Today, oil is the best energy solution available for many every day uses. Current oil prices reflect scarcity. However, it is not a problem of natural resources, technology, or capital, but a politically created shortage. Congress forbids American production from specific valuable oil reserves. [Shot with courtyard, support, and missing panels in background] Dont blame Congress; we told them to do it. Having learned from our mistakes the hard way with contagious sky high prices at the pump, we need to correct our error by telling Congress to get out of the way so that we can Drill Here, Drill Now, and Pay Less. However, this concrete issue is symptomatic of a broader problem: Congress reflexively blocks America productivity, which costs us money, jobs, and in some cases our lives. Americans must be free to trade value for value without congressional restraint. Regulatory reforms will be the next revolution in American productivity, leading to more jobs and higher wages. [Shot with basketball hoop in background] We can start today by adopting real energy solutions from proven sources like oil, and reject the false promises of compelled innovation. So contact your members of Congress to let them know that you choose that Americans should be free to Drill Here, Drill Now, and Pay Less.
Billionaire oil baron, T. Boone Pickens is abandoning the black gold that made him rich and looking to tap another, greener recourse to help power the nation… wind. Pickens made his fortune in oil, and currently esses our energy needs as one “we can’t drill our way out of.” He is a staunch critic of America’s reliance on foreign oil and recently unveiled a radical new plan that could reduce American reliance on foreign oil by as much as a third and finally tip domestic energy production towards renewable natural resources. “The Pickens Plan” calls for the harnessing of wind power to generate more than 20 percent of the country’s energy needs. Studies have shown that tthe “wind corridor” along the Great Plains states holds the greatest potential for wind energy anywhere in the world, making the USA the “Saudi Arabia of wind power.” According to the Plan, if private industry built enough wind turbines along the wind corridor, which stretches from Southern Texas to the Canadian border, they could generate 22 percent of the country’s electricity. And Pickens is putting his money where his mouth is making a 2 billion dollar initial investment in what will eventually become the world’s largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas. The Pickens Plan will only work if other companies make similar investments in wind power as thousands of wind turbines combined are necessary for the plan to come true. Furthermore, Pickens Plan states that when wind replaces many Natural gas power stations, that Natural Gas should be used as transportation fuel, which burns about 25 percent less CO2 than conventional fuel. There has been some criticism of the plan that it requires millions of dollars of public funding and that it is only replacing one fossil fuel, natural gas, for another, oil. Pickens will spend 58 million dollars promoting the plan through a mix of old and new media, and he believes the ideas could be implemented within ten years. You can learn more about the Pickens Plan …
