People who put
bricks in their toilet tank to save water and flick off all but essential
lighting really mean well, but they don't accomplish much.
People who put
bricks in their toilet tank to save water and flick off all but essential
lighting really mean well, but they don't accomplish much.
That's
the upshot from arecent
studyby researchers from Columbia University, Ohio State University and
Carnegie Mellon University who found that people are far more likely to focus
on turning down the thermostat rather than investing in a more efficient
heating system that would save far more energy over time.
If
you don't feel like getting bogged down reading the dense academic research,
here's a moreuser-friendly
New York Times summary.
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Jim Olsztynski