Update on WATER
I found the water meter reading from when we bought the place at the beginning of May. We only moved in at the end of June, but we’ve had house guests - sometimes 1, mostly 2, and sometimes 3 - for most of the time since then, so I will let those even […]
Three more months have passed in our second year of the Riot. Most of the habits we established in year 1 are still serving us. We’ve relaxed a bit in the water and consumer goods categories.
Gasoline: We continue to use 25-30% of the American average each month. Nearly all of the gas usage is for […]
These are from the bills I received in March. I have taken the Average Annual American Household (AAAH) figures and divided by 12 for the numbers to beat.
ELECTRIC
The AAAH uses 917 units per month for electricity, and my March reading of 354 kwh was…
…down 61.40% (563 kwh) from the national average.
…down 44.29% (159 kwh) from […]
My numbers this month are way off from normal. We’ve had chicks brooding in the house (250 watt bulb going 24/7). We’ve been building a chicken coop, building a food storage closet, and my grain mill is smoking so we bought a new one. Yikes.
Gasoline: 25% including our commuters.
Electricity: 15% (and that […]
Our total reduction is 88.6%. In other words we are currently using 11.4% of the American average. Here is how the categories break down for the month of January.
Gasoline: 30% including our commuters.
Electricity: 10%
Heating and Cooking: less than 1%
Garbage: 5%
Water: 12.5%
Consumer Goods: 10% normal goods for this month.
Food: 30% local/homegrown, 40% bulk/organic, […]
ELECTRIC USAGE - JANUARY BILL
Average US usage is 11,000 kwh PER HOUSEHOLD, PER YEAR, or about 917 kwh PER HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH.
January: My January reading of 490 kwh was…
…down 46.56% from the national average.
…down 19.74% from my own usage 12 months ago.
Seven-Month Usage: My usage for July-January was 2,523 kwh. This is…
…down […]
There has been much discussion on our Riot group about how we track our numbers. I want to be above-board, clear and honest in our accounting. So here is the method we use, what our numbers mean, and how we are doing.
This post is written using the numbers from October 1-31. […]
I ought to have updated our Riot totals sooner than today. It’s the middle of the month after all. Somethings are good, others not so great. I have to remind myself that this is a constant process.
We left town twice in October–once on an emergency and the second time on vacation which […]
What we’re making up for on the swings, we’re losing on the roundabouts, so nothing much is changing.
As with the last couple of weeks, I will post the figures in two forms:
the cumulative average figures
the cumulative figures that may better reflect consumption once we are “established” and once our pre-challenge travel obligations cease to come […]
Electricity: I just got this month’s electric bill. Or rather, half of it. Then I got the other half in the mail in someone else’s name. The electric company doesn’t know what happened, but promises they’ll fix it. Anyway, it came out to about the same as last month — we […]
