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No more replaceable technological devices!

This path in reducing energy consumption proceeds in small steps. There are many household consumptions that are fixed and therefore cannot be reduced. So I was asking myself where to start to reduce my impact in the consumption.

I started from what could most visibly be replaced with the analog version. I said goodbye to my super handy electric toothbrush for lazy people to say welcome to an old manual toothbrush (hopefully my dentist doesn’t mind).

Passing through the kitchen, I realized that I could replace the electric coffee machine with the classic coffee maker (exclusively Bialetti like the best Italians). I also retired for a while my cappuccino maker, kettle and mixer (which consumes far too much). Each of these tools can be replaced by a device that does not consume electricity. I can make the cappuccino with a magical pan equipped with a manual skimmer, the water can boil in a pan on the gas (with a little more patience) and the mixer, let’s face it, in reality you never need it.

The bedroom was the most difficult space because I have not so many devices there. The main digital tool I found to replace was the Kindle, my digital player. To tell the truth, I rarely use it, so it wasn’t difficult to put it away and go back to using only paper books. On the other hand, it was extremely difficult to find a solution for Nikon’s power consumption, my digital camera. I use it very often but I understand that I can reduce the time I use it in order to use my phone to take pictures. By the way Instagram is uploading just low qualitie images so it’s going to be easy.

I have something very interesting coming up to my mind to reduce the vacuum cleaner electric consumption but I’m stll working on it. Stay tuned to find out something more.