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GIGO Diary, for 2008-03-23: Vampire hunt to save electricity You may be able to add savings of 10% off high electric bills with the energy savings tips below By Barbara Armitage GIGO Diary of a Recycler: Everyday we are going to follow my garbage to see just how close I can come to eliminating my contribution the landfills in America Today is Sunday March 23, 2008. Posted 2008-03-24. Click Here for yesterday's GIGO Diary. When youre sick and cant sleep at night you notice a lot of stuff that you never notice during the day. Like the fact that our old house makes a lot of little noises and of course vampires. No dont call EMS Im not halucinating there really are vampires in my house and in your house too. Not the I vant to drink your blood kind the energy sucking kind. Energy vampires are all those little lights, clocks and timers that we have all gotten so used to having. Some of these vampires are sneaky and come in the form of instant on like your TV or sleep like your computer. Vampires can also be disguised as little black boxes plugged into your wall outlets. I can understand the convenience of some of these lights and buzzers but some of them are just plain dumb. Why do I need a light to come on to tell me when the dishwasher is finished? I challenge you to a vampire hunt. After dark tonight turn off all the lights in your house and search out all the energy vampires in your house. Make a list of what you find and decide what you can do without. The kitchen is a good place to start. Heres what we found when we did our first vampire hunt.
The light on the refridgerator door cant be changed. The GFI outlets are an electrical safety issue and are required by law in most areas. There is no reason however for them to be lighted I wonder if the electric companies thought that one up. The lights on the dishwasher are redundant as it also has a dial to tell me where it is in the cycle. I keep the taoster unplugged until I need it. As for the flashlight only plug in rechargable items for the time they need to recharge after that its a waste. Consider buying a solar rechargabe system. The same goes for your cell phone recharger dont leave it plugged into the wall when you are not recharging your phone. And the night light? With all these other lights who needs it? I turned it off. This was just one room. While unplugging my toaster may seem small to you and not worth the penny or so a day that I save I say its not all about money its about reducing my engergy footprint on this earth.Tomorrow Ill tell you what I found in the rest of the house. FACT:As much a 10% of your utility bill is vampire energy. Here's what happened to the rest of the day's garbage. Recycle
The next largest will go to the Adair Recycling Center, 62 Service Road, Columbia, KY. Only a tiny amount will go into the landfill. REMINDER: Adair County Community Pride clean-up day is Saturday, April 12, 2008. A big day of clean up, food, fun, prizes and surprises starts at the Adair Annex at 8:00am for breakfast doughnuts, coffee and juice, pep rally, assignments and sign-in, and with a celebration lunch and Keep Adair County Clean rally at Mt. Carmel Boat Ramp at 11:00amCT. No one will want to miss one. The event is being coordinated in Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton's Office, Courthouse Annex, Downtown, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4703. REMINDER: Recycle 101 to be offered at Adair Extension OfficeBarbara Armitage of the Garden Club and Kelli Bonifer of the Adair County Extension Service and and are collaborating to offer Recycle 101 on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 10:00amCT. A guest lecturer will be famed Kentucky environmentalist A.L. Sinclair. The seminar will train those who attend the ABC's of Recycling. The purpose of the course is to train Adair County more about living responsibly by recycling and reducing energy use. It will wrap up the Earth Day celebrations in April. The course is designed to train trainers who will in turn train neighbors until everyone in Adair County is a recycler. For more information contact Barbara Armitage at (270) 250-2979 or Kelli Bonifer at (270) 384-2317. The Adair Extension Service is located at 417 Fairgrounds Street, Columbia, KY. This story was posted on 2008-03-24 05:56:07
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