Save the environment...and your bank account

What can be better than lowering your energy expenses??    saving the environment at the same time.  Here are a few tips to help save on those pesky monthly bills:

• If you have an old toilet or one with a high liter per flush, try putting a brick or two into the tank.  This will lower your water bill, as well as waste less water.
• Set your water heater's thermostat to 120 degrees.  Most are delivered set to 140 degrees from the factory, which is much higher than needed.
• Use compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, wherever possible.  
• Buy products with the "energy star" logo.  TThere have a higher energy efficiency rating.
• Instead of AC, use a ceiling fan and cover the windows with dark curtains.  Most ceiling fans use less electricity than a light bulb!
• Unplug phone and ipod chargers when possible,  They drain electicity even when your phone is not plugged in.
• Shut off your desk top computer when you are not using it.  Also, some computers also have power saving settings you can turn on.

Have some power saving tips of your own?  Please share in the comments section...