Dealing with power shortage
We, the people of Bangladesh, are now in the middle of an energy crisis and each of us needs to do something to ensure that we have electricity, and that the economy can continue to run.
The first thing we need to realise is that in the short term the government cannot help us. In fact, the only short-term solution is to punish everyone by load shedding or electricity rationing.
The next thing to realise is that we can help ourselves and everyone else. Here is what we should do:
-Turn off the air conditioners.
-Turn off your geyser.
-Turn off your pool pump.
-Turn off anything that consumes standby energy (TVs, DVD players,
cell phone chargers, etc.).
-Switch to CFL and LED lights (and use fewer lights).
-Run appliances as late at night, or early in the morning as possible.
-Use your computers in energy saving modes.
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