Saving Electricity?
A few years ago, I was passionate about saving electricity. I considered that as my way of greening this earth and giving back to society – back then.
Inspired by such great thoughts, one fine day, I decided to save electricity by switching off a fan when it would have been On otherwise. On that day, when I wanted to take a break from work, I went to the hall from the room and sat on our swing.
Generally, I will switch On the fan and relax for some time on the swing. But on that day, I realized that I was actually sitting on a SWING. That meant, instead of using it like a chair – as I generally did, I could swing it forward and backward!
Since I would automatically feel the wind due to the forward and backward swing motion, I figured that I didn’t need to switch On the fan. I just need to keep rocking the swing with my legs for as long as possible.
What an Idea Sirjee, I told myself and executed the idea to perfection – maybe for around half an hour. After 30 minutes, I looked at the fan above – it was Off.
With great satisfaction of having contributed 30 minutes’ worth of electric power to the nation, I held my head high and marched into my room.
In the room, to my shock, I found that I had forgotten to switch off the fan when I initially left for the hall after finishing my work.
That meant, all the time I was slogging in the hall to save electricity by switching off the fan there, the room fan was running wastefully with no one under it!!
I don’t know why, but I felt this was the essence of life. ?.
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Destination Infinity
Is this called Chennai ingenuity for saving electricity? HeHeHe. Just joking.
Ingenuity for wasting electricity! 🙂
Destination Infinity
I can fully relate to this. This has happened to me in other ways .. with regard to water. When I have done something and convinced myself that I saved water, soon enough I discovered that at some other place, I have wasted water.
How much ever we save, at other places there is wastage. But a more positive way of looking at it, “saving” is indeed a saving. So focus on the saving part!
Ya, but that should not stop us from trying.. Next time will always be better.
Destination Infinity