I just stumbled across a very interesting website, called Saving Electricity by Michael Bluejay. The page itself looks like one of those get rich quick pages, but fortunately Mr. Bluejay is not trying to sell me anything, so I trust him.

The most interesting thing I saw right off the bat was how much money you can save for little upfront cost (assuming you pay all of your utilities). He says you can save a ton of money per year by doing the following:

1. Using space heaters instead of central heating (Save $1152)
2. Using ceiling fans instead of AC ($610)
3. Using a clothesline instead of a dryer ($156)
4. Use cold or warm water in the wash instead of hot ($145 / $73)
5. Use a spin dryer to dry your clothes ($97)
6. Replace regular lightbulbs with Compact Florescents ($90)
7. Stop watching TV ($82)
8. Use the sleep mode on your computer when you’re not using it ($59)
9. Replace an old refrigerator with a new model ($45)
10. Replace a CRT monitor with an LCD monitor ($41)

Obviously some of these are a little out of the question for a lot of people. But using cold water, replacing regular bulbs with CFLs, and using sleep mode on your computer are very easy ways to save energy – thus saving you money and helping protect the environment. Win-win! Anyways, I definitely recommend checking out Saving Electricity by Michael Bluejay.

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