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![Izz](../images/avatars/izz_lg.gif)
Excuse me, Dex, is it REALLY necessary to have the TV AND the radio AND the computer AND all the lights on...
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*Yawn*
![Izz](../images/avatars/izz2_sm.gif)
...while you're NAPPING? DEX!!! I'm shocked, really. Just imagine how bored you'd be with NO electricity, which is what might happen if you don't wake up and CARE!
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Oh brother. Why are you hassling my electronic life?
![Izz](../images/avatars/izz2_sm.gif)
THIS is why:
FACT #1: In the US, 92% of our electricity comes from NON-RENEWABLE sources — coal, oil and natural gas. Once we use them up, it takes a REALLY long time to get them back: millions of years. I can't play board games for that long.
FACT #2: Even though Americans make up a measly 5% of the world's population, we use up a major 25% of the world's energy resources.
FACT #3: RENEWABLE sources of energy are everywhere — wind, solar, water, biomass — but are only used to make 7% of our electricity. I think we can do better, people!
And finally:
REALLY OBVIOUS FACT #4: It would be a MINOR sacrifice for you to shut off the TV, computer, radio and lights WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING, no?
Sources: Treehugger.com, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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- How we get power
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