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GIGO Diary, for 2008-03-24: Paying a price for impatience Checking clocks, TVs, washer-dryers, cable box, computers can trim big dollars off annual electricity bill! 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 Monday March 24, 2008. Posted 2008-03-25. Click Here for yesterday's GIGO Diary. How did your vampire hunt go? We found 3 clocks in the bedroom sitting side by side, all 3 with different times on them, so we unplugged one and reprogramed the cable box so that it doesnt display the time. In the guest room I unplugged the TV and will plug it back in when we have a guest. I learned some things in the laundry room. One I cant turn off the bells and whistles on the washer/dryer and two the automatic settings are for hot water so when Wayne did laundry for me while I was feeling bad they were washed in hot water instead of cold. He now knows how to reset the controls. The living rooms big issue was the TV and accompanying eletcronics. When I first suggested that we turn the TV off, I mean completely off, Wayne got really pale and began a 5 minute explaination of why that couldnt be done. It seems that there are backup systems and memory and settings and actually turning it off could devastate the entire entertainment industry. I let it drop but like a good wife I had planted the seed of thought and it wasnt long before he did just that turned the whole thing off. TV, DVR, cable box, surround sound, stero the whole deal is now turned off when we arent using it. And the last I heard Hollywood is still there. Computers, moniters, printers, scanners and the like are now all turned off when they are not in use. We are all paying a price for our impatience these days. Manufactureers have responded by creating stand by modes on many of the items we use every day like TVs and computers. Any device with a remote control is always on ready and waiting for you to touch a botton. Whats the bottom line on things like your TV? Well if you watch TV 4 hours a day that means its off 20 hours. Depending on the type of TV you have you may be paying more not to watch your TV than to watch it. I fiound that an easy way to turn things off is to plug them into a surge protector strip. One flick and every thing on the strip is turned off. Whats the down side? Without all the extra annoying little lights in the house I may have to turn the night light back on. FACT: Household energy accounts for about one-forth of all energy used. 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 2008-03-25 04:58:06
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