My daughter used to live down south.
I visited her several times, as well as every time I told her she needed to put heavy drapes up to her living room windows.
I would walk into that room, as well as the sunlight coming through the wall of windows was blinding. Not only was the sunlight taxing on the eyes, but it was terribly hot, even with the air conditioning running, however she seemed to be clueless to the method that the reason for her energy costs going so high was because she didn’t have any drapes up to those windows. With heavy drapes, the living room would be cooler. If the living room was cooler from the lack of solar heating, the air conditioning machine would not be running as much. Instead of the air conditioning machine needing to be replaced in multiple years, with the help of drapes, she could prolong that replacement for an extra 3, 4, or maybe multiple years. I couldn’t think it when she told myself and others they could not afford to buy drapes for their living room. That’s when I asked her how much her energy bill was the previous month. She told myself and others but said it was only because the air-conditioning was running. I shook our head as well as told her that was exactly what I was talking about. The drapes would only cost half as much as her air conditioning bills for one month, as well as she would absolutely save that much currency every month. It took her six months to buy the drapes, as well as six minutes to call as well as tell myself and others I was right about the energy costs as well as the air conditioning unit.