Flick, click, flick, click, flick.... that is the sound of my fingers as they exercise... that is, turning off light switches, power buttons, and remotes. How is it, that in my household, the only fingers getting this workout are mine? I know why... it's because I pay the utility bills! I walk through my home turning off lights and radios and video games and televisions and and and. I just love walking into a room where the music is blasting and all the lights are on and no one is in the house... and they haven't been home for hours!
There are two issues here... one is wasting resources.. the other is wasting money.
While visiting Germany two years ago, I found that many hotels would not allow any lights on unless your key card was in a holder inside the room... therefore you could not be out of the room and leave the lights on. They also had motion sensor lights in the hallways. How effective is that in reducing the electric use for lighting?! But the greatest invention that I saw was a hotel room that had a governor on the a/c... the a/c would not go on unless the windows were closed and latched shut.... now that is ingenious!!! I vow to live more like the Germans live... I do.
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