Power! It is all about power!

Yeah people. It is all about power. What power am I talking about? Well it is not the power status kind but power as in power itself. Energy. Power as in electricity. Yes that is right, I am talking about electricity. But why am I talking about electricity?

Well as most you should have known, oil prices have gone up. Since electricity has direct connection with oil, the price for electricity will also go up. Meaning our bills will also be higher soon. My mum has increased her nagging about not switching off lights and appliances when not using. She even switches off the lights to my workstation even though I just left the place to get something from the kitchen. I am not angry or affect about her nagging or action because I understand well of the intention. Electricity cost money and money are hard to come by. Our household bills have steadily increased over the months and that is not a good sign.

When I think about it again, I feel that she is right. We need to conserve electricity. Think about all those people in other countries without the leisure of lights at the flick of the switch. Yeah.. Yeah.. I know you have heard about that a thousands times but let us reflect properly and sincerely.

As a muslim, it is wrong for us to allow wastage. Leaving lights on, turning on the TV when there is no one watching or even using the aircon when it is already a cold day is a practice of waste. Some of us do it without realising it because we are so lazy to switch it off. For example, I am using my laptop doing some work, then I feel like watching a DVD. SO instead of switching off my laptop, I just leave it on while watching DVD. That is wasting!! I use laptop as an example because laptop uses a lot of electricity. Believe me, I study energy at university level, I know.

So my dearest brothers and sisters, please conserve electricity. Many of us might think it is just a small matter but it is not. The earth is being depleted of its natural resources. Soon we will find ourselves with any resources to produce electricity. Solar energy is definitely not the answer so it nuclear. Let do our bit by not wasting energy. Lets always remind ourselves to switch off any lights or appliances(laptop) when we are not using them even for 15 mins long. Every single effort will insyaAllah be rewarded in the hereafter.