| Question 1: |
True or False: Using batteries
in your appliances is good for the environment. |
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| False. |
You might save a little on your
hydro bill, but besides being expensive, batteries are not bio-degradable
and stay in landfills for a long, long time! They also leak deadly mercury
into the soil and water. Small appliances don't use much electricity: if
you are indoors, plug them in!
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| Question 2: |
True or False: Taking a shower uses
less water than having a bath. |
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Actually this is a trick question.
It all depends on whether you like long showers or short showers! This is
true IF your shower lasts 8 minutes or less. If you like showers that last
longer than 10 minutes, you'd probably use less water by taking a bath!
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| Question 3: |
True or False: An electrically heated
house has to be better insulated than a house heated with oil or gas. |
| False. |
While electrical utilities urge
you to increase insulation levels to keep energy use and bills low, the
heat lost by a house is the same regardless of the type of heat used.
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| Question 4: |
True or False: Turning off your
electric water heater when you go away for the weekend will help save money. |
| False. |
Water heaters are so well insulated
that the energy required to reheat the water is often more than the energy
required to maintain the temperature. You won't save money unless you turn
the water heater off for more than 5 days.
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| Question 5: |
The most efficient way to boil water
is: |
| b) |
With an electic kettle. While a
microwave oven is more efficient for some types of cooking than a conventional
oven, it only has half the power of a stove burner, so a stove top is more
effeicient for boiling large quantities of water. But believe it or not,
a small appliance such as an electric kettle is most efficient of all!
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