Way back when I was in junior college, I had possibly the premier physics professor around. Simply awesome.

He had a great sense of humor as well as a voluminous beard. OK, maybe the beard is neither here nor there, but the humor? How cool!

He had one of those decals on the wall that President Jimmy Carter (what a joke he was) sent out, reminding us to “conserve energy” by flipping the light switch when leaving the room. The prof delighted in pointing out that energy is going to be conserved whether we flipped the switch or not. Just a basic law of physics that Jimmy-Boy didn’t grok.

But there are some great ways to save energy usage, and here are some of my faves:

• Set the water heater temp to 130 degrees an put a blanket on that baby. Unless you’ve taken the time to install a tankless water heater, in which case you’re already golden.
• Set the fridge at 38 degrees and the freezer to 0. Fill the freezer with food or ice in milk cartons. Not goofy - a filled freezer is more efficient than an empty one. And don’t buy a Maytag; they’re junk.
• Turn off the energy vampires. You don’t need the TV for background noise, and if your cell phone charger isn’t charging it, pull the plug!

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