Did you know that even if you constantly use electricity for all your home electric appliances, you can still save electricity? All you need to do is make conscious choices every day that can save electricity. Before you start saving electricity, you should get some basic things about electricity. The electricity that is used in average homes mostly comes from traditional power plants that use water, heat or nuclear energy. What I’m trying to say here is that if your electricity comes from any of these energy sources, you are contributing to the degradation of nature. These are electricity sources which produce by-products that are considered harmful to the environment. Fossil fuels which are used in coal power plants are non-renewable energy sources. It would be very hard to replenish these resources if we are to use them more. If you consume energy from these sources, you are contributing to the degradation of nature and doing more harm than good. The feasible option to save electricity and not harm the environment is to use alternative or renewable energy. For instance, by using the energy of the sun, you can become an energy saver. Solar panels make use of the sun's energy which is considered the ultimate renewable energy because it can never be exhausted. Our sun can provide more than the energy requirement of the entire world, if only we know how to effectively use this energy saver. Unfortunately, only a fraction of the population makes full use of this energy source. Cost of solar power is much cheaper than the usual sources of electricity. Just think about the electricity that we can generate if we can harness the full power of the sun. This can cut down the electricity bill by drastic measures. Hence, a solar panel can be an electricity saver in real sense. Use this power factor calculator to keep track of the electric consumption at your home and office. Now that you know the things you need to do to save electricity responsibly, what are your next steps? Are you genuinely going to start saving electricity or are you going to wait for the “right time”? © 2020 All Rights Reserved.