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We are all guilty of using to much of this and too much of that. Energy reduction is a
serious must for all of us. It begins with you and practically everything you do. Like using hot and warm water in the wash when
you can be using cold. Shutting off lights that are not being used or even slowing down when you drive your vehicle. Tops you
should ever go over the speed limit is 10 mph and you should always ease into acceleration rather than full throttle from a dead
start
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Dealing with energy reduction and why it is so important - first, supply lasts longer;
secondly, the environment becomes cleaner. And most of all your pocket will be heavier with the money you save as a result
of your reduction efforts. Remember, we are here for more than just living and dying: "There is a purpose to our existence - the
question as to what it is? Has baffled even the greatest of scholars for centuries. We are the proctors of the world and universe.
We have a job to do -why else would we have the ability to gather and disseminate information the way we do.
We are capable of doing many things. Making use of and seeding the universe with
our species is a very real possibility - but, with us, we should bring wise and useful decision making abilities and overdoing
anything is never wise. Many people in many areas of the world are already making use of energy conservation because they
have too. We have to, but we are not made too aware of it because what we have is so convienent that we take it for granted.
For instance, when water supplies are so abundant, we never think that one day
there will not be enough to go around for any of us. This is now happening in the United States today, were many places are
drying up and water has to be shipped in, literally, for people to use and drink. Gasoline supplies were plentiful, so we acted
like they would last forever. Well, today, we see that they won't.
As we now see there is a food shortage. Imagine a restruant cooking food in
excess and discarding what it had left over, when there wasn't enough people to eat it all. A careful watch on the amounts of
people who frequented the restruant, could have saved the restruant owner a bundle had someone been doing their math. Well.
we take this all for granted too, when we sit down to eat a meal that was too large for any of us to eat. No one expects you to
count each and every morsel to conserve it - but, where you can, you should watch what you eat and how much you throw
away.
There are people in the world already doing much of this. When they do not have
to drive, they walk. When they take a shower, they soak themselves lather up there wash cloths, turn the water off and bathe.
Then, they turn the water back on and wash off the soap. Some poeple carefully portion their meals so that their families have
enough to eat, each and everyday - I know this one is hard to swallow, but, when you look at the world through clear eyes,
you will see it and maybe even down the street from you.
When it comes to conserving not only gasoline, but electricity, water and more. We
see a reduction in carbon emissions. There are power stations, distribution outlets and much more that need to work hard to
get our stuff to us and the less we use, the less energy they use. The expenditure we put out to conserve, is well rewarded in
many ways - our pockets, our air we breathe and our cleaner world/universe. So where you can conserve, please at all costs,
do so.
One note about energy saving light bulbs. I started using them when they first came
out. Not as a means to save energy as much as a means to save money, where I lived with a large family then, it cost alot and
was truly burdensome chasing after children and people who refused to shut off the lights behind themselves. That fifteen,
twenty dollar light bulb lasted for ever and saved contless dollars.
So what would your choice be and what are you willing to do to get it done?
There is more to discuss here so stay posted.
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