At my last house, I read the electric meter each month and put out a card for the energy company. As I read the dials, I would watch the wheel spin and see the energy flowing into my house. I would challenge myself to turn off as many thingsr as I could, and see how slow I could get the wheel to spin.
I now live in a bigger house, and I can only imagine how fast that wheel spins. We have a heater or air conditioner, washer, lights, TVs, computers and multiple monitors running almost constantly.
Maybe it's my upbringing, or my hatred for large bills, but I try to conserve energy whenever I can. I keep the house cool in the winter and warm in the summer. We keep lights off until it's gloomy or Wayne complains.
As I walk through the house turning off lights, the TV, the radio, I can just imagine that wheel slowing down and I breath a little easier.
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