Fuel saving ideas

[spence]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

3) I cook by starting with cold water in the pan instead of hot. I used to get the nice hot water into the pan from the water heater and then bring it to a boil. Now I use cold and bring just that pot full to high temp.

You should do this regardless. Cold water containes fewer impurities...you should never use hot water out of the tap when cooking. WORD.

Otherwise good advice. We try to keep the thermostat as low as possible...sometimes my home office will fall into the 50's and my fingers turn blue. I then know it's ok to turn it up to 60

-spence

[Nebe]

I turn my furnace down to 1600 degres at night and put a firebrick over the flue to restrict heat loss.

Then in the morning i crank it back up to 2100

[2na]

A note about fluorescent bulbs: They use a lot of energy to turn on, but very little once started. Incandescent bulbs are the opposite - a lot less energy is used to turn them on, but they consume a lot more electricity over time. You should use fluorescent bulbs in areas where lights will be turned on and stay on for some time (I believe an hour is the break even point) and incandescents where lights will be turned on and off.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by spence

You should do this regardless. Cold water containes fewer impurities...you should never use hot water out of the tap when cooking. WORD.

Otherwise good advice. We try to keep the thermostat as low as possible...sometimes my home office will fall into the 50's and my fingers turn blue. I then know it's ok to turn it up to 60

-spence

i use just enough gas to climb the hill then i let gravity
help out .....so the engine is running much slower
and i have longer brake life........ not rushing around.
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Spence,
i kind of like the Chinese method of heating the table
with the wok in the center of it and the table cloth hanging down
so the people sitting at the table are warmed by the cooking heat.

i try to apply that principle or method in any situation
" if possible "

striving to heat up the person rather than the whole room.