Continuing with my theme of "I don't think a power shift can be accomplished through a distributed power source model," My act for Mission 3 was to figure out how I could interact with my power grid (i.e., local power company) better. So I went to Wal-mart (which I'm not proud of) and bought some outlet timers. So instead of having my cell phone chargers, my 52" LED TV, and my laptops drawing power all day, every day, now I am all drawing power during the times of the day that I actually use my... toys. My cell phone chargers only draw power from 20:00 - 06:00 and my TV only draws power from 08:00 - 22:00. That should cut the energy consumption of my apartment by at least 5%. Not bad for only $4.77 an outlet.
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