Vampire Power! No this is not a post say that rule. Vampire Power is the power sucked by devices that do not fully shut off when we “turn them off”. This can amount to 20% of your electric bill. What causes vampire power use? Cell phone charges, laptop chargers or anything that has a block [...]
Cut out meat from one meal per week. You can call it a vegetarian meal but I don’t like too. I call it a macaroni and cheese dinner. Buttered noodles with seasoning. A salad. It just does not have to have the label of “Vegetarian” making your kids turn up their noses. By doing this [...]
No your car is not drunk. But it could be overweight! All that junk in the trunk you know. What is in your trunk or in the bed of your pickup could be costing you money in decreased gas mileage. Losing 100 pounds of weight in your car can give you up to a 2% [...]
Eliminate paper towels or reduce the amount that you use. Buy some bar rags. The rags used by bars are super absorbent and tough. You can wash and reuse them too. The nice thing is most stores sell them in packs of 10 or 20. And they are white so you can bleach them to [...]
Gas expands as it warms. The pump will measure correct number of gallons regardless of the time of day. However as soon as the gas goes into your tank it starts to warm and expand. So you could wind up getting less gas in your tank latter in the day than you would if you [...]
