Since I arrive at my house at 7:45 p.m. I walk into my house through my front door. I walk in and right away I turn on my kitchen light since the one in my living room is broken. As I get dinner ready I have the TV on and its normally on for about two hours. I do have an elcetric stove which is used for about an hour while I prepare dinner. I go to bed around 11:00 p.m. and I connect my cell phone on to its charger which I then connect to the wall. I do have an alarm clock which is constantly plugged in. My day begins at 6:45 a.m. and the first thing I do is turn on the TV to hear the news as I get ready. I turn on the bathroom light and is on until I finish taking a shower. The total time the TV is on is about 45 minutes. The bathroom light is turned off once I exit the shower, cause by then the sun is out. The AC unit is not on today, Wednesday,

due to a cool front pass through. Also since it is Wednesday, no laundry will be done.

The total usage of my plasma TV is about .8kWh for three hours. The clock radio uses about .1kWh, lights alone take up to 2.4 kWh, since the refrigerator has to be connected at all times, it can use up to 57-160 watts.

I travel everyday to work with my son who attends the daycare at my job. We commute from Cape Coral to Fort Myers for a total round trip mileage of 20.60, which releases 7.1 carbon into the atmosphere. For being an average person, I do think that I have cut down on leaving the lights on and leaving things connected when they can be unplugged. I guess I finally realized this after I bought my house and had to pay the bills myself.