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Almost every household appliance runs on electricity. Some on batteries with is still electricity. Electricity can be generated in various general methods like through hydroelectric plants like in dams, using wind mills in wind mill farms, geothermal in areas where hot gases are released naturally by the earth, nuclear where a nuclear plant is used. But a large percent of electricity comes from power plants powered by natural gas.

This then goes back to the petroleum industry, where the demand in crude oil is high as the United States constantly looks for alternative sources as the supply may soon decrease and decrease, hence the gas prices going up. Crude oil is mined and this alone will contain all sorts of fuel derivatives from high octane fuel, butane, propane, acetylene, up to the alcohols like methanol, ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol and the last thing that is like residue in the separation of these fuels is actually still usable as asphalt. The more energy we consume, the more demand is needed for crude oil, or fossil fuels.

Fossils as we all know are very, very, very old living things. They are just dead for so long, buried under layers of rock, undergone decomposition and extreme heat and pressure, and they become crude oil. This process took millions of years while our consumption seems to be way faster than how these fuels were born based on a 1 is to 1 by volume comparison.

Thus, if you want more days to have power in our lifetime, conserving energy is really a must. Here are a few tips…

1. Always turn of lights when in not use if possible.
2. Low-watt fluorescent bulbs give you more brighter light at a cheaper price and longer life with low watt consumption compared to high-watt incandescent bulbs.
3. Always maximize your savings when using your air conditioner and avoid over using it. It would be best to set the thermostat control at the most manageable setting with the lowest amount of time running. Sometimes electric fans are good enough replacements to air conditioners.
4. Outdoor lights can be replaced with solar lights that charge in the day time and light up at night. These solar light, even if not powered by your utility electricity, the light is sufficient and ornamental for outside purposes.
5. When using a clothes flat iron, unplug it for the last few garments will save a lot of electricity and may still be sufficient to finish of a few more garments. And after taking out your clothes from the dryer, folding them right away or placing them on a hanger will save you from using the iron.

Check your local electricity company for more tips. I personally like the efforts of SDGE in their campaigns to conserve energy. Save power now, using it more will just help increase prices of everything.