Electric energy is so convenient and accessible that we often forget just how much power is at our command. Roughly speak the human body produces - through the metabolism of food - about 100 Watts per hour.
So - when we use 100 watts - by say lighting an incandescent bulb, or flipping on our Christmas tree, or running our DVR - we are in effect - creating a demand equal to all we - as humans produce.
You may think of these demands as fulfilled by "energy servants". But as convenient as these servants are - at the other end of the wire is a Nuclear, Gas, or Coal plant - burning something on your behalf.
So - one way to think of Solarize WH - is to imagine that it is deconstructing the veritable Downton Abbey of Energy Servants we have at our beck and call.
Solarize runs out Feb 18th 2014 - so time remaining is short - don't miss this opportunity.
Happy Holidays.
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