What have you done to conserve energy?

[Jose Santana]

Just a quick note on your contributions, however small they may be, to stop making Oil companies rich and to help the environment..



1. I have switched 90% of the light bulbs in my house to low energy halogen bulbs

2. I commute to work with 3 other guys ( more to save money than the environment)

3. I heat my home 90% with wood burning stove (clean burning, but still have gas heat too)

4. I recycle plastics and cardboards



thats about it, hopefully it helps



Joseymack

 

[Thomas Rogers]

1. Keep the thermostat at a constant 65 deg all winter long.



2. Keep the AC at a constant 72 deg all summer long.



3. Recycle



4. Take showers with my wife

 

[Rick Kent]

4. Take showers with my wife

So do I.

 

[Josh Langel]

1. Take 2-3 showers a day.



2. Drive out of my way to go to Blockbuster and Taco Bell.



3. Stomp the gas peddle whenever I can.



4. Keep the Television on 24/7 for my dog.



5. Keep my computer running 24/7 for me.



6. Keep the lights on incase of an eclipse.



7. Voted for Bush.

 

[Scott Heckler]

fkent - how do you save energy by showering with TJR's wife? :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Johnny O]

1. Mostly all flourescent lights in my house.

2. Synthetic oil at a longer OCI.

3. Recycle newspapers, cardboard, cans, and bottles even though where I live I'm not required to. When you drink as much beer as I do, it adds up.

4. Take used oil to recycling center.

5. Bought a $1400 Dodge Neon money pit to run around in for work instead of the ST. Save a lot on gas, spend a lot on repairs.:angry:

6. Occasionally shower with wife.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

ScoT, that would explain why she seems so clean, yet so very dirty all the time.

 

[LoriMaury Kimbrough]

1) During winter set thermo to 65 when not home and 68 when home

2) During summer set thermo to 85 when not home and 80 when home

3) Switched to those energy saving blubs that don't put off as much light

4) Left the boat in the yard all winter

5) Occasionally shower with the hubby, but those are usually longer showers so does that really count?...sorry...TMI

 

[Nelson Atwell]

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Rode the tram to work and lived in a cramped hotel room for two months (involuntarily).



Gave all my worldly possessions to the US government, who have still not managed to move them out of Oklahoma City in over two months. I move out of the hotel tomorrow, and will live a very spartan life with only my laptop to keep me entertained in a very empty apartment. I should save a lot of energy that way. :blink:



Hey, at least my car is here, and I get the Polish plates on it tomorrow...woo hoo!

 

[Brett Wustman]

Your fricken hilarious Mud Flap! :lol:

 

[Mark Grumpy]

Traded in a gas guzzling V-6 for a 5.7 that gets 17 city and 27 hwy.



grump

 

[Frank Marano]

To be honest, I haven't really "done" anything.

 

[Chris Whitman]

2 showers a day instead of 1

Use my Autostarter on my TRAC as much as possible to let it idle for 15 minutes before getting in it... Its always nice and warm

Leave every single light on in my place... and replaced all bulbs with 200 watt bulbs. Its bright! I have a Tan in Feb! haha

Bought 2 really old firdges to keep my beer cold all year round and have them cranked up to the coldest setting.

Have switched from Gel to Arisol Hairspray... Can't even tell the different! Go thru about 5 cans a week.



Later this week was thinking of booking a Safari to go Ivory hunting and maybe Club some seals on the week-end!



I can actually notice a difference... hahaha I am effecting change!





Cheers

Whit

 

[Fred]

Programmable thermostat: 68° 5PM-11PM, 55° 11PM-6AM, 68° 6AM-7AM, 55° 7AM-5PM.

Quit cruising around during lunch hour.

We've always been careful to turn lights off. (I don't like the new bulbs, I'm going to wait till Al Gore switches to them before I do. )

Set the hot tub temp to 100° instead of 101°. :lol:

 

[TomT]

Sold my wife's 97 Expedition last spring and bought a RAV4 that gets 21-27mpg vs 15-18 mpg.

 

[Bill V]

Stppd typng th fv vwls. Tks fr lss nrgy frm my fngrs.

 

[Scott Doughtie]

I got divorced....that has cut my usage and bills by two-thirds. No more thermostat hopping, no more scalding water in the water heater, lower gasoline bill, less clothes and dishes to wash, no more lights left on all day, less toilet paper use, less trash to haul out to the curb, and no more bitching (less noise polution).



Of course, my recycling volume of beer/liquor bottles has increased significantly.

 

[tom prudhomme]

I've got 2 turboed cars & a motorcycle. I'm not conserving gas!



I'm married so the heat is set between what she wants & where I'd like it. The hot water thermostat is actually set too high, but since we're conserving energy,,, I'll not meander to the basement tonight to lower that setting...



Oh yea, haven't mowed the lawn in months!! That's a coupla three gallons saved there that will justify a half hour of driving 97 mph on the shoulder of I-95 for the next several days to & from work.



More energy saved is I haven't shovelled snow since... mmm... uhhh,,, years...



Gawd I tired from all this typing.

 

[Terry Phillips]

I turn off the TV whenever Al Gore is on a show.

 

[shawn stonbraker 2]

I have tried the new bulbs and they suck. There is a pause before they turn on and the others take forever to even get bright. So I gave up on trying to save energy!! It's frickin' cold in Pa and I'd gladly welcome a "Global Warming". As for making the oil companies rich? Well, they already are and there isn't anything we can do about it. They have us by the short and curlys and will always be there tugging away. It helps to just go numb about it all.