The Great experiment

Bowing to the book Eaarth by Bill McKibbons we as a family have decided to cut our carbon foot print again by redoing again the Great Experiment. Where we live without lights and light candles. The electricity is still on but we cannot use the microwave or toaster but allow ourselves coffee maker. Computer use is at the library where public access is and cool airconditioned rooms give us respite from not using our airconditioner when it is too hot. We are still installing the laundry line to dry our clothes. We are still using our washing machine to wash clothing and Dryer to do clothes and towels. This is kind of like camping but without alot of the hassle of setting up a tent and bringing the propain or burning wood to cook with.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Day 18 - experimenting with electricity and gas

Well the Idea to measure the electricity and gas has entered into the equation. We would like to see what happens when we are in the dark compaired with in the electricity on Sunday. MiL will monitor the electric meter each day at the same time and then we will get an average saving.

Of course the high tech solution would be Ted: http://www.theenergydetective.com/news/ted-featured-nbc6-news/ for $200 dollars but you could use your internet connection to see what is happening from anywhere. I think that it would really be excellent when you have a house that is far away from you and you wanted to monitor electricity. Anybody staying there would or might turn on the lights if remote enough. I liked the video explanation.

The experiment goes on. We are getting a reading on thursday from the electric company so any saving would be reflected in our bill... if the electric company shows up.
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