[RKDinOKC]

The only electricity I use is HVAC, Fridge, dish washer, washer and dryer, lights, computers, stereo/TV.

My lights are almost all LED now and don't use light much day or nite because it being lighter makes my floaters more bothersome. At nite only use one light in the room I am in unless on the computer or watching TV. Do keep porch and drive lights on from dark until midnite or whenever I go to bed, but they are LED also. Have a three small LED nite lights in bathrooms and kitchen so can get around in the dark.

My keep my internet/routers and server on all the time. My computer, stereo stuff is on switched power strips so when I am not using them even the transformers for them are not drawing anything. For my TV and stereo the powerstrip they are on have one plug for the receiver, and turn on/off the other plugs when it is powered on/off. Receiver uses the least when off. Makes it convenient.

Try to manage washer and dryer so I have big enough loads that I'm not wasting anything there. Don't have any colors that run and don't bleach whites so no color vs white loads and permanent press cycle cleans everything well.

Dish washer is only run when it is full and I am almost out of plates and glasses. Do rinse everything before putting in the dish washer to sit so doesn't stink or any stuck on foodstuffs.

As for Gas, the only thing I got is my Hot water tank and have it set a 140 so the dishwasher at least get things hot. Shower every day, but very fast. 4 bags of salt for my water softener lasts a year, so low water usage including the hot water. The softener back flushes with salt water every 800 gallons used.

Keep my house at 72°F year round. Had the house at 70°F when my brother with MS lived here because if it got any warmer it would effect his MS and he couldn't move. 72°F is all I have been able to raise it to or I get sweaty sleeping or just sitting at my computer. Have tried raising it to 73° and even after a couple of months I found myself still getting sweaty. Just can't seem to get used to it being even 1 degree warmer.

Trying to make my cost of living basics as small as possible.

Looking at the smaller gas grills it looks like they would use 1/3 to 1/2 as much gas as my current grill. That ain't gonna save me enough on grill gas to afford buying the grill. That's kinda like the Cayenne. It doesn't get fantastic gas mileage, but even so only drive enough to use 18 gallons a month anyway.