Earth Hour aftermath

[the_siobhan]

One of the things we did last night was wander around the house and locate all the things that glow in the dark when the lights are turned off.

The TV doesn't need to be "on" all the time when we watch it once a week. There is a clock on the microwave and one on the coffee maker, we don't need both of them. We never use the VCR in the bedroom for recording, it doesn't need to be powered all the time either.

We already power 90% of the house through extension cords and power bars. We're going to rearrange them slightly so that anything that isn't say, a refrigerator can be switched off when it's not being used.

The best part is that the money we save on electricity eventually gets spent on insulation.

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[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

One of our local pubs did a lights out party. we didn't go, as we didn't know until afterwards. It sounded lovely though, as they served mulled wine and goulash by candle light. More pubs should do this!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I have what sounds even to me like shitty excuses for leaving some of our stuff on standby all the time (like I do occasionally use the clock on the microwave, the cable box takes about 5 minutes to boot on a good day and I can't get to the plug on the DVD player to turn it off), but on the other hand I don't even own most of the energy-sucking appliances most of the Western world seems to think are necessities so I'm probably still ahead of the game. I hope.