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Energy saving ideas

With the rising costs of electricity, water and gas it makes sense to unlearn some of our energy and money wasting habits. Some of the idea's I want to share here were actually thought up by my Wife and the rest are provided by Mother Nature. If habits can be changed we will all be living in a more sustainable, and therefore better world so here is a list of things we take for granted in the home which are not unlimited resources . 1 Water 2 Electricity 3Air conditioning (cooling and heating) Of course there are many variations and all of the above things could be linked and dissected to infinity but we are interested in the basic habits we have formed since the Industrial Revolution and some simple but effective ways of changing these habits. WATER is always in movement and constantly being recycled around our planet but there is a finite amount of it available and the ways we use it have to be examined before we can make a change. Not leaving the tap running when ...