August 19, 2008
Conservation is Habit Forming
Lynnsy Logue The Real Estate Lady and Condo CanDo in Charlotte, NC
Ali, Ali In Free…The game was fun. We played after inner…dusk. We would play kick the can and then Ali,Ali in free. We got to come on in…no penalty. We played. We were tired. We came home.Conservation. We adapt. We change our habits, our thinking, our perspective. We return home better. Saved for another day of energetic play.I replanned my days as gas prices peaked upward.. Figured my stops more carefully. Sectioned out the city. Did not use air-conditioning. Checked tire pressure. Foot off the pedal going down hills, coasting to stops. Eating more at home. Finding more time at my home office to do more. More time with my companion dogs. Hung more laundry out to dry, checked all the light bulbs and changed where necessary. Programmed the thermostat to a higher temperature…used ceiling fans and vertical fans more than ever before. Used my electric lawn mower and electric weed eater. Changed the temperature on the water heater.I like it. It feels good to be proactive. Now I am on it. Check weather stripping, doors and locks. Security. Efficiency. Yes. We can do this.As summer vacation season kicked in, Americans got out of heir cars, driving 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than the same month a year earlier. The 4.7 percent decline which came while gas prices were peaking, was the biggest monthly driving drop in a downward trend that began in November according to the Federal Highway Administration. Overall Americans drove 53.2 billion fewer miles November through June than they did over the same eight month period a year earlier.I recall the town in Texas all set to build another coal burning plant. But they decided first to see how much they could conserve in a year. How much could they save by being prudent. A year goes by…what do you think? They proved to themselves they can conserve, they can act pro actively together…they do not need the coal burning plant. They are fine.
We can do so much if we believe we can. Hard times bring challenges.
Yes, we can!
Lynnsy Logue The Real Estate Lady and Condo CanDo in Charlotte, NC
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