Electricity Use

I'm admittedly hit and miss about my energy usage. I have improved from the complete indifference of my early adulthood, however. I turn lights off with increasing frequency, even going into a sibling's bedroom to turn off theirs if it's daylight or if they're no longer home. I hibernate my computer often, and own lamps that use small, halogen bulbs that last for years. I do not use air conditioning for anything, and own a small space heater that I turn on for 15 minutes instead of jacking up the thermostat for the entire house.

Where I am bad, however, is in my fan. I sleep with a fan and I strongly dislike stagnant air. I also find the white noise very relaxing, so I tend to leave it on around the clock. If I know I'll be gone an entire day, sometimes I remember to shut it off but just as often I'll leave it going so I can return freshly circulated air. I tend to go through fans faster than what I suspect normal folk do, since the motors usually seize up from constant use. My last fan seized in December and I'm now without one, as it's virtually impossible to just go out and pick up a floor fan in the winter.

I do know that my electricity consumption is exponentially down from what it was two years ago, though. Prior to getting the lung transplant, my room was equipped with so much motorized medical equipment, it was sick. I had an oxygen concentrator that hummed like a small airplane when turned on, and generated so much heat I had to leave my windows open in February. I had a medicinal nebulizer that was pretty loud and was used three times a day. I had a Bipap that sucked up more juice. And I had some obnoxiously loud contraption that was connected to an air-vest and was supposed to knock the excess crud out of my lungs. I know that thing was a power beast.

My dad told me that after I no longer needed those things, the monthly electricity bill dropped by around 40%. That's incredible. So getting better was pretty green of me, I guess.

Jam it back in, in the dark.