How To Save Energy - Save Money - Save the World

Tips on Energy Saving in the Family Home

What a frightening and confused world we're living in!

Global Warming, Climate Change, Rising Energy prices, Food prices, Transport prices and, just to put the icing on the cake, House prices dropping like a stone.

Words never heard, five years ago, like 'Carbon Footprint' now conjure up visions of dried up fields and cities under water.

What can be done? I mean, really, this is getting way beyond a joke!

Well, the idea of 'saving electricity' is one that's looking pretty good at the moment.

"Going Green" certainly is not viewed with the derision it was, sadly, twenty, ten, or even five years ago.

"Going Green" and "Energy Saving" are now responsible business practices.

It is finally being seen as good business sense to save the environment.

However, as energy costs continue to rise, you may be among the millions of people, all over the world, who are looking for ways to save electricity around their personal living environment - the family home.

Here are a few bright ideas that can save you small amounts of money in themselves, but they will add up to significant savings when taken altogether.

If you're only preparing meals for one or two people, use the smaller burners on your stovetop. They use less energy than the big burners, and generally won't take any longer to prepare your meals.

If you want to save even more, get a hot and tasty winter meal started in your crockpot before you head off to work. That way, it will be ready to eat when you get home, and you will have saved a surprising amount of electricity in the process.

You don't always have to save huge amounts of energy to see a drop in your electric bill.

The simple act of leaving your computer monitor on all the time can cost you nearly $18 a month (approximately 60 cents a day). It's not too friendly to your monitor, either, as I found out about 12 months ago, when I had to buy a new one!

If you leave your cell phone and battery charger plugged in, you'll pay $1.50 a month for the privilege. That might not seem like much, but small things like that represent a giant energy drain on the country when you think of the millions of people that do it.

More than $8 billion a year, according to the Alliance to Save Energy.

Insulate your water heater, or "geyser," with a special insulating blanket. This can save you about 2KW hours a day, possibly more in cold climates. Also put insulation around your hot water pipes, to further reduce heat loss and lower your family's energy usage. Another way to save money and be kind to the environment!

Setting your thermostat a little lower in the winter and a little higher in the summer can also save money, and not just pocket change, either, significant amounts of money are simply wasted, every day.

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