Conserve Energy For Our Future

Conserve energy. This is not only taught in school but this can also be seen in posters, television ads and other promotional materials since time I can remember. I used to think that the main reason why we should do so is to cut down on our electricity bills.  Depletion of energy resource at that time was quite absurd since our source of energy is abundant. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The world is getting old. The population has doubled. The need for energy resources has also increased.

As a result we have been experiencing scheduled black outs, power interruptions and low power voltage for several years now. Some of our electric appliances and lighting fixtures have already been damaged because of these electrical failures. We have no idea how long these power interruptions last. But one thing is for sure. We need to do something about it. We can start by using solar panels to run the house is one of the solutions I could think of. It is quite costly but this is a perfect in resolving the power interruptions, low power voltage and the increasing cost of electric bills.

We already tried not turning on the step lights and the other outdoor lamps that we have. However, this is quite not helpful because I have tripped several times already. Besides, it defeats the purpose why we had the step lights installed in the first place. Step lights are not only for beautification purposes but it is meant for our safety as well. Instead we changed the incandescent light bulb which we have been using to LED (light emitting diode) to conserve more energy. This is also one way of helping Mother Nature as using LED reduces the greenhouse gas emissions from power plants which ran on non-renewable resources and lowers carbon dioxide emissions, sulfur oxide, and high-level nuclear waste. Furthermore, instead of turning on five step lights, one step light is enough because the four watt LED lamp which we are now using is in fact equivalent to a 40 watt incandescent light bulb.