| During the last few decades we have added greater | | | | Or maybe you are one among those "sporty car |
| numbers of appliances, electronics and entertainment | | | | owners" who can't even make it across a parking lot |
| systems to our homes. While these make our lives | | | | without flooring it? |
| more comfortable and our spare time more | | | | Most people would probably answer yes to several |
| enjoyable, they also pose a serious problem - they | | | | of the questions above, and that means they are |
| consume lot's of power. | | | | using way more energy than they in fact require to. |
| Ordinary household consumers today consume a lot | | | | As a matter of fact, many folks are spending |
| more energy than we did only a few decades ago, | | | | hundreds on electricity they don't even realize they |
| and we do so almost without a second thought. | | | | are employing. For example, leaving you television set |
| Personal appliances and devices are soon rivaling the | | | | in stand-by mode (when the little red light is on and |
| power consumption of many large industries. | | | | you can turn it on with the remote) will continuously |
| For the corporations it is a simple matter of economy | | | | draw energy and can cost you more than 100 dollars |
| - energy conservation can push up the yearly | | | | over the course of an entire year. |
| revenue by a great deal. The standard consumer on | | | | And by assuming a more relaxed driving style with |
| the other hand use up much power, mostly | | | | your car - not the same as driving as a snail, mind |
| electricity, for no good reason whatsoever. | | | | you - you can save not only on fuel, but on tires and |
| No? Shaking your head in disbelief at the above | | | | the rest of the motorcar as well. |
| statement? | | | | If the entire population of a large country like the US |
| Well, how recently was it you didn't turn off your | | | | could manage to actually turn off their television |
| computer "since it takes so long to start back up", | | | | every night, instead of leaving it in standby mode, |
| how much is your television turned on without you | | | | that would quickly be equivalent of the power from |
| indeed watching, do you keep indoor temperatures | | | | an entire nuclear power plant. Why do we make |
| at a level where you could walk about in your undies | | | | things more difficult than they are? |
| all day even in the winter, etc. ? | | | | |