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Up too late Christmas Eve, I guess.
Up too late Christmas Eve, I guess.
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Ha! Thanks for the laugh, Dan Piraro Bizarro Comics.
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Merry Christmas from Bold Nebraska!
Here's a funny tongue-in-cheek list of ideas for how you can unnecessarily waste lots of energy over the holidays.
Here's a funny tongue-in-cheek list of ideas for how you can unnecessarily waste lots of energy over the holidays.
Each household energy waster is like a Christmas gift from you to your utility. In the spirit of the season, please enjoy this tongue-in-cheek parody of link-baiting blog posts.
There are so many easy and amazing ways to enhance energy waste around the house during the holidays.
How many can you find? Get the whole family to search together and make a game of it! Here are twelve ideas to get you started:
1. String all your old lights on the house and in the yard, then leave them on 24/7.
3. Crank up the thermostat.
For serious ideas about saving energy throughout the holiday season and beyond, check out the Department of Energy web site about holiday energy savings.
More on energy efficiency.
There are so many easy and amazing ways to enhance energy waste around the house during the holidays.
How many can you find? Get the whole family to search together and make a game of it! Here are twelve ideas to get you started:
1. String all your old lights on the house and in the yard, then leave them on 24/7.
Untangling that wad of fading, failing incandescent light strands is part of the joy of the holidays. Why change?
LED light strands would use 70 percent less energy than traditional bulbs, and they’re brighter so you would use fewer of them.
2. Leave the fireplace flue open.
Santa needs unimpeded access through your chimney. When the fire goes out, don’t bother closing the flue. Bonus points for chimneys or furnace flues with holes or gaps around them that allow air to escape.
3. Crank up the thermostat.
Everybody likes a warm house for the holidays. But all those Christmas lights don’t generate very much heat, and the open fireplace flue causes quite a chilly draft. Every degree you
turn your thermostat up in cold weather will add to your overall energy bill. Is your thermostat programmable? You might need to find the “hold” button. Otherwise a programmable thermostat can save about $180 a year in energy costs. Too warm? Turn on the ceiling fan.
4. Keep your old Xbox 360 or PS3.
Game consoles use crazy amounts of energy, costing you $16 to $36 a year — but they’re so much fun! As tempting as it is to give new Xbox One, Sony PS4 and Ouya hardware as gifts, they use
less energy by comparison (although you still get credit for wasting energy if the gift recipient leaves it in standby day and night).
5. Put only clean dishes in the dishwasher.
With all those holiday guests, rinsing dirty dishes before loading your dishwasher uses a lot of water and energy. Never mind that most dishwashers today can thoroughly clean dishes that have had food scraped off. Extra points for running a half-empty dishwasher and using the “heat dry” option.
6. Give each other a luxurious hot tub.
Keep it nice and warm for those spontaneous dips. Leave the cover off — the rising steam will look pretty in the Christmas lights and waste insane amounts of energy and water.
7. Run partial loads of laundry. Remember to use hot water!
Clothes washers use about the same amount of energy regardless of the size of the load. Running half loads doubles your waste for the same effort. Hot water heating accounts for about 90 percent of the energy your machine uses to wash clothes, and costs you an extra $30-$40 a year.
8. Let dryer lint accumulate on the filter.
Leaving the filter dirty after every load chokes air circulation and decreases the efficiency of the dryer, costing you about $34 per year.
9. Leave those storm windows in the basement.
It’s so much trouble to replace your screens with
storm windows to provide an extra barrier to the cold outside air. You’ve been meaning to replace your windows anyway, and your future ENERGY STAR qualified windows will save $150-$500 per year in energy costs, so splurge while you can!
10. Add a new refrigerator. But don’t get rid of the old one.
It’s too late for Black Friday, but there are still deals to be had. Move the old refrigerator to the garage and stock it with your favorite beverage. Don’t worry about the
$100 yearly cost of running it. Out of sight, out of mind! No garage? Sell or give it away so someone else will inherit an energy waster for years to come.
11. Use separate office devices for printing, copying, scanning and faxing.
Teleworkers have so many more ways to waste energy. If you were to buy a multi-function device that combines several capabilities (print, fax, copy, scan) what would you do with all that unused desk space?
12. And finally, after you share this article on every possible social media site, don’t forget to leave your computer on!For serious ideas about saving energy throughout the holiday season and beyond, check out the Department of Energy web site about holiday energy savings.
More on energy efficiency.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the HSUS family to yours!
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