| Electricity is amazing. You can watch television | | | | the cool air throughout your whole house. This means |
| broadcasts because of electricity, can cook food in a | | | | have them facing TOWARDS the hot rooms. Once |
| matter of seconds because of electricity, and can talk | | | | it's all cool, turn off your air conditioner and enjoy the |
| to people you haven't seen in ages thanks to | | | | coolness and your savings! |
| electricity. Without electricity, none of the other | | | | In the winter, keep everything as draft free as possible |
| services we have would work. No internet, no | | | | (unless you live in a well insulated house. Then take at |
| microwaves, and no television or radios. In many ways, | | | | least one day per week to let it air out. This will |
| electricity has saved our lives when in comes to | | | | replenish the oxygen in your home and keep you and |
| dangerous storms. However, electricity is also causing | | | | your family healthier.). Use towels under doors, at |
| some issues with our earth. | | | | drafty window sills and any other nook and cranny |
| One of the best ways to help the earth is to recycle. | | | | that you can think of. |
| Another is to save electricity…but what can you do, | | | | Then, there is another option. |
| as an everyday, average Joe do in order to take care | | | | You may not have known this, but one way to save |
| of the planet you live on? | | | | electricity is to, literally, save it. There is a small system |
| Well, it isn't actually all that hard to save electricity. Here | | | | that is designed strictly for the purpose of saving you |
| are a few tips and ideas to help you save as much | | | | money. |
| electricity as possible. | | | | You may not know this, but a lot of homes in America |
| First, keep your lights off when you don't need them. If | | | | and around the world, don't use all of the electricity that |
| you're at the computer and you have a light on in the | | | | you are spending your hard cold cash on. In fact, you |
| background, do you really need that little lamp? Nope! | | | | lose about a fifth of it. |
| Turn her off. At night, you can unplug all of the | | | | Yep. That means that you are paying a fifth of your bill |
| appliances that you aren't using. | | | | for electricity that isn't used by you…that isn't used by |
| Second, play it by season. In the spring and fall, | | | | anyone. It's like when you're making a pie and make |
| electricity isn't used quite as much as in the summer | | | | your own crust. Quite a bit of the flour gets all over |
| and winter. Minimize your electricity use year-round. If it | | | | and a lot of it isn't used! |
| is really hot outside, open a window and stick a fan in | | | | Luckily, with the system, you are able to store that |
| it. It will not only pull lots of healthy oxygen into your | | | | extra electricity. It also enables you to prevent power |
| house, but it will also keep you cooler! If it's so hot that | | | | surges up to a certain amperage and do other great |
| you absolutely need your air conditioner on, allow it to | | | | things for you electrical bill. It makes it easy to save |
| circulate throughout the whole house as opposed to | | | | electricity! |
| keeping just one room cool. Use your fans to circulate | | | | |