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The Energy Consumption Of Western Society

During the last few decades we have added greater numbers of appliances, electronics and entertainment systems to our homes. While these make our lives increasingly comfortable and our spare time increasingly enjoyable, they likewise pose a serious problem - they consume lot's of power. People today do not even remember the last oil crisis, when it in many countries was forbidden to use up more than a certain amount of energy. Today we use high quantities of energy, mostly electricity, without a second thought of the appropriateness of our actions. For the corporations it is a simple matter of economy - energy conservation ... read more

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During the last few decades we have added greater numbers of appliances, electronics
and entertainment systems to our homes. While these make our lives increasingly
comfortable and our spare time increasingly enjoyable, they likewise pose a serious
problem - they consume lot's of power.

People today do not even remember the last oil crisis, when it in many countries was
forbidden to use up more than a certain amount of energy. Today we use high quantities of
energy, mostly electricity, without a second thought of the appropriateness of our
actions.

For the corporations it is a simple matter of economy - energy conservation can push up
the yearly revenue by a great deal. Your typical consumer on the other hand use up
considerable amounts of power, mostly electricity, for no good reason whatsoever.

No? Shaking your head in disbelief at the above statement?

Well, when was the last time you didn't turn off your computer "due to the fact that it
takes so long to start back up", how much is your television turned on without you
genuinely watching, do you keep indoor temperatures at a level where you could walk around
in your undies all day even in the winter, etc. ?

Or maybe you are one among those "sporty car owners" who can't even make it across a
parking lot without flooring it?

A majority of folks would probably answer yes to several of the questions above, and
that implies they are using way more energy than they in fact need to. For a fact, a
majority of consumers are spending hundreds on electricity they don't even realize they
are using. As an illustration, leaving you television set in stand-by mode (when the
little red light is on and you can turn it on with the remote) will at all times draw
energy and can cost you more than 100 dollars during the course of an entire year.

And by adopting a more relaxed driving style with your machine - not the same as
driving as a snail, mind you - you can save not simply on fuel, but on tires and the rest
of the machine as well.

If the entire population of a large country like the US could manage to actually turn
off their television every night, instead of leaving it in standby mode, that would
quickly be equivalent of the power from an entire nuclear power plant. Why do we make
things more difficult than they are?

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