Water / Energy Conservation…

if the US and CA especially are concerned with water and energy conservation then you would think a mandate would be put in place for a few things:

1. All Washers would have to be Front Loading – Top loaders use 40 to 27 gallons per wash, Front Loader use around 14 to 5 gallons per wash.
2. All new homes would have to be built with enough solar panel to provide at least 50% of the electricity they will use
3. All new homes would have to be built with “grey water” recycling, this is using water from sinks and showers for toilet water, so it gets used twice before going being flushed
4. All homes would have water catchment systems for use watering lawns and gardens
5. All water would be go thru a sanitation process before being released into the ocean  – no “don’t liter dumps in ocean” signs

These 4 changes would save a ton of water and electricity.  It is more efficient to add the solar and grey water, and catchment systems when building a home, rather then adding it later.

Making sure untreated water doesn’t flow in the ocean would save our oceans and add jobs to make and maintain the sanitation buildings.

 

Using an electric stove to its full advantage

I have an electric stove and oven, which is a pain. However, I have found over the years that I can use the disadvantage of the heat staying on after you turn off the burner to my advantage.

I have started turning the stove and oven off a few minutes before my food is done, my food still cooks but I am using the ambient heat already there. This works especially well with simmering things.

Another thing I do, but be careful if you have small children or stupid pets, in the winter, after I am done cooking, I will open the oven to let the heat out to warm up the kitchen.

It might not seem like much, but if you do it all the time, it becomes a habit and that habit works to lower you electric usage and lower your electric bill. Why pay the electric company when you can do better things with your money?