Comments on: Your Appliances are Sucking Your Energy http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132 the delicious frosting on your internet Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: freakgirl http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31894 freakgirl Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:26:19 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31894 Oy. Going to unplug the toothbrush now! :) Jill, I'm going to look for those lights at Target. Oy. Going to unplug the toothbrush now! #

Jill, I’m going to look for those lights at Target.

]]> By: GeekBoy http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31889 GeekBoy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:04:38 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31889 I was actually musing just this morning -- when it was still pretty much dark at 6:30am -- that the green light on the electric toothbrush charger made a really good night light. But yeah ... that's probably not a good thing, if the toothbrush is plugged in all day. :) I was actually musing just this morning — when it was still pretty much dark at 6:30am — that the green light on the electric toothbrush charger made a really good night light. But yeah … that’s probably not a good thing, if the toothbrush is plugged in all day. #

]]> By: Jill http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31888 Jill Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:55:05 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31888 On a brighter (pun intended) note, I found some really cool LED lights on strings that run on solar energy at Target. A little pricey, but they don't use any grid electricity and the bulbs last virtually forever. Now I can decorate the RV for Christmas!! On a brighter (pun intended) note, I found some really cool LED lights on strings that run on solar energy at Target. A little pricey, but they don’t use any grid electricity and the bulbs last virtually forever. Now I can decorate the RV for Christmas!!

]]> By: Jill http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31887 Jill Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:52:35 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31887 One of Liz's charging cradles has a bright blue LED light that illuminates our entire RV at night if it's left plugged in. It's so bright it keeps me awake till I get up and go unplug it. I hate that thing. One of Liz’s charging cradles has a bright blue LED light that illuminates our entire RV at night if it’s left plugged in. It’s so bright it keeps me awake till I get up and go unplug it. I hate that thing.

]]> By: Hugh http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31885 Hugh Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:39:24 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31885 I need to get on this one. There are stupid little glowing lights all over my house. And all that money goes to <i>such</i> nice people... I need to get on this one. There are stupid little glowing lights all over my house. And all that money goes to such nice people…

]]> By: Michael http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31853 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:46:52 +0000 http://freakgirl.com/blog/your-appliances-are-sucking-your-energy/10132#comment-31853 <i>The issue is particularly pressing in Ohio, the nation's No. 1 emitter of toxic air emissions — mostly from electricity production at the state's coal-fired power plants.</i> We're #1! We're #1! Oh. I moved last week and became conscious of this vampire phenomenon as I plugged things in again at the new place. The power strip idea is a good one. Just click it off at night and on in the morning. However, as the article mentions, no one will want to do that for appliances that will require clock resets, etc. The issue is particularly pressing in Ohio, the nation’s No. 1 emitter of toxic air emissions — mostly from electricity production at the state’s coal-fired power plants.

We’re #1! We’re #1! Oh.

I moved last week and became conscious of this vampire phenomenon as I plugged things in again at the new place. The power strip idea is a good one. Just click it off at night and on in the morning. However, as the article mentions, no one will want to do that for appliances that will require clock resets, etc.

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