If you have followed the economic news closely and dug down deep to find what is going on, you will find that those who have been the most accurate are predicting the USA is headed for a complete economic collapse just like the USSR did in 1989.

Basic rationale is the USA government and people have spent too much and lived beyond their means for too long. It will hurt the global markets as the global markets are based on the dollar. But tama na…enough of the gloom and doom talk.

I’m shifting focus to how to deal with one of the leading causes of higher utility bills. There are three main culprits being heating the air, cooling the air, and heating the water. Cooling the air when it is really warm usually calls for an air conditioner of some sort. They can really eat up the energy budget. The environmental air conditioners or energy efficient kinds often do not have the same power so they have to run longer or you need more of them to get the same effect. I haven’t done the experiment but I would think that would negate the energy efficient part.

As for heating the air, you can invite people over for a political debate. Between the boiling blood of your guests and all the hot air they’ll be spewing, your energy bill can go down quickly.

I am quite interested in this article about a device known as SETS (Space Energy Time Savings). It is a tankless water heater that does a silly thing. It heats the water as you need it instead of keeping 40-120 gallons of water heated all the time. Our electric bill was $45 a month just for the Hot Water heater that we didn’t use much. Cutting that down to only a fraction can easily assist in shifting some of the burden off of the energy bill. The savings can be used to help chip off other debts.

Perhaps the US government should learn a thing or two about running a household. You cut your expenses wherever you can then cut them more with efficient methodology and tools. But that would just be silly common sense.

Thank you,

Anah

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