..."Cash-strapped energy bill-payers should give up hot drinks, take showers together and go to bed early in order to cut their energy usage, according to a supplier that raised prices by 18 per cent last year.
First Utility, Britain’s biggest independent energy supplier, which has about 300,000 customers, issued its advice in a “5:2 energy diet” plan that it said would cut £150 from a typical bill.
It suggested consumers reduce their energy usage on two days of each week by following the tips, such as to “opt for an early night”.
“Up to you what you do,” it said, “but putting out the lights and turning off the box can save you £18 a year – and it could be lots of fun…”
The supplier, which raised priced by 18 per cent last summer, advised customers to “shower together”, adding: “ "...
Sound advice here too. How else to afford those $6000 ACA deductibles? Or Obama's EPA forcing new coal plants to be replaced by natural gas and inefficient green energy.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
In my limited experience, showering with a member of the opposite sex increases energy use because the primary reason for being in the shower isn't to get clean. In fact, by one way of considering the practice of showering together and hitting the sack early it might cause an unintended population increase and therefore place even more demand on energy sources. :droolpuddle: :splat:
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
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