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

In the early industrialized society it was naturally the factories that consumed the most of the energy, and they still are heavy users. But modern man has amped up his personal usage of energy to higher levels than ever before.

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

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

Well, can you recall when last you didn't turn off your computer "since it takes so long to start back up", how much is your television turned on without you in fact 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?

Many people in general would probably answer yes to several of the questions above, and that means they are using way more energy than they really need to. For a fact, many folks are spending hundreds on electricity they don't even realize they are employing. For instance, 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 all the time draw energy and can cost you more than 100 dollars during the course of an entire year.

And by assuming a more relaxed driving style with your car - not the same as driving as a snail, mind you - you can save not barely on fuel, but on tires and the rest of the automobile 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?