Thursday, July 28, 2011

Are You Eco Insensitive Without Meaning To Be?

By Linda Baine


Each time I ask this question of anyone, they always get very defensive, saying that they don't use up too much electricity. The fact is that everyone ends up wasting electricity whether they know it or not. Let's take a look at some things you may do without thinking that squander electricity without meaning to.

With obtaining effortless access to specifics of many ways to going green problems, there exists just no excuse for not learning the best way to make a difference in the planet at this time. I don't mean to blame anyone, but I see this every time with women. Sometimes a load of laundry will sit in the dryer for a few hours after it has dried. When this happens, several clothes typically look very wrinkled when they're taken out. But then, rather than merely taking the clothes that are wrinkly and running an iron over them for a couple of minutes, they turn the dryer back on for 30 minutes, hoping the wrinkles will go away. A dryer consumes a great deal of electricity and turning it back on after your clothes are dry is squandering electricity.

Men have equally careless habits when it comes to consuming electricity. When a man is engrossed in a task, he can overlook several obvious things. Have you ever gone into the garage searching for your husband, and all the lights are switched on and the music is blaring, but he's nowhere to be found? And as if that's not bad enough, there's more. What makes it worse is when a man forgets altogether that he left everything switched on and goes off to do something else, perhaps even for the rest of the day. At least, until they have to head back to the garage for something and then they discover that everything is still switched on.

One thing I am guilty of, and I am certain 90% of you readers are guilty of as well, is leaving lights turned on. This may happen at night, but can also occur in the morning when you wake up and turn on lights because it is still dark outside. We have to have lights when it's dark so this is perfectly fine. When it gets light out, the power wasting starts. It's not difficult to forget the lights are switched on until you decide to go out for the day. A lot of people forget the lights are on when they are home but then, most people will walk through the house before they leave to be sure everything is off, which is good.

By trying to be more sensible and careful about our use of energy, we can do our part to help the environment and save some money. Hence whenever you go out of a room, don't forget to turn the lights off. Another good habit is to use an iron to touch up wrinkled clothes and leave the dryer off after the clothes finish drying. If you go otu of the garage or basement, but plan on going right back in, turn everything off anyway because there is a good chance you won't be going back in there soon.




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