Saving on your engery bill

I think we all know about changing light bulbs for lower wattages or switching from incandescent to florescent to lower our utility bill but here are a few more to lower your energy costs.

• Cook more meals with your crock pot. It has a much lower energy usage than your oven or stove top and the bonus is the fact you don't have to watch it.
• Use you microwave oven more than your regular oven. Even pre-cooking whole potatoes in the microwave and then placing them in the regular oven for 15 minutes will cut your energy usage in half on baking potatoes in the skin.
• Switching from electric power to natural gas for the clothes dryer will save more money than any other appliance in the house.

The 3 largest energy usage appliances in your home are the clothes dryer, central heating and the air conditioner. If you can upgrade any one of those to a more energy efficacy model it would save you money in the long run.