I appreciate all your article, they are all very practical and quite useful for many of us. Rethinking the electrical system might be one of those ideas that can generate a new start. As the matter of fact this should be the main line for our protection and for the environmental protection. I don't see this happening any time soon but the least the we can do is to act smart when it comes to energy consumption. Household appliances have a major importance here, people need to understand how thing go. I just bought myself brand new washer parts and I can tell the difference on my electric bill. But it's not all about energy consumption it's also about radiations and many other factors that can harm us. Now I am thinking to replace all my appliances with "smarter" ones.