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Turn off appliances when not in use. Do not leave your electronic devices plugged in standby mode.

Use CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) because they use only 1/5th of the electrical power taken by old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs yet they give out the same amount of light.

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