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Old 11-22-09, 11:03 AM   #1
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Default Running monthly electricity useage

I'm going to keep track of it in this thread; as jobs get done hopefully this number will get smaller and smaller

September 20 - October 21, 2009 -- 4198kwh

October 21 - November 21, 2009 -- 1970kwh

Now that's a drop I can get behind...!
I'll have to dig up the bills for August - Sept and July - Aug.
Of course, I disconnected an ancient fridge in the basement, and bought a new energy star model for the kitchen. The new one uses 1/8th of the power the old one did.

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Old 11-22-09, 02:04 PM   #2
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Awesome start. You've cut your monthly usage in half in one month.Now to give an idea of how far you have to go.

November 2008 previous 12 month usage: 4119KWH
November 2009 previous 12 month usage: 2636KWH

Yes, those are yearly totals. That said, your carbon footprint is probably a lot lower than mine. My heating is natural gas and yours is presumably electric (hydro).
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Old 11-23-09, 10:09 PM   #3
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Oh my, 2600kwh per year? Congrats! ...and there's no way I could do that without extensive investment in solar or wind power.

You're correct, everything here runs on hydro, no natural gas on the acreage Lots of potential for the previously mentioned wind turbines though... oh, for lack of money...

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That is very impressive knowbodies.

Keep working on it Charlie, it'll get lower over time. You can't do everything at once.

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