Turn Off the Lights!
Fifty-six percent of my electric bill is made up of taxes and other charges. The rest is a result of turning on the lights and taking the liberty of having a computer, a refrigerator, a television, a radio-alarm, and running water. And occasionally plugging in a microwave, coffee pot, hair dryer, or using the oven. And one or two electric stoves to warm up a room in winter. I have nothing else, no washer, dryer, stove top, kitchen extractor, water heater, heating system, dishwasher, or other appliances that could make it expensive to live with a little less work. But every two months I get a bill that makes me desire to pull out the electric meter from the wall and remove myself from the modern world. For Spanish households the light bill has gone up 52 percent between 2008 and 2014. And it wasn't someone with a pony tail who is looking to become the next Prime Minister in December who proclaimed that. The study was made by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. And, according ...