EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange » Conservation http://eppsnet.com Online journal based in Orange County, CA. Hilarious anecdotes tempered by the icy chill of certain death. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en It’s Not Easy Being Green http://eppsnet.com/2008/05/its-not-easy-being-green http://eppsnet.com/2008/05/its-not-easy-being-green#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 04:10:10 +0000 PE http://eppsnet.com/?p=1454 “If we shortened our showers by one minute, we’d save $100 a year,” my son informs me, pausing for a moment to let the news sink in. “And if we shortened our showers by two minutes, we’d save $200 a year. If we didn’t take showers at all, we could be rich!

Personal fans

“As for the AC, we leave it off and everybody gets one of those personal fans and points it at their face.”

“Why don’t we get the old-fashioned fold-out fans and wave them back and forth?” I ask.

“Now that’s stupid,” he says.

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