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The question of whether turning the thermostat up in the summer will make a difference has a very simple answer: Yes. There are several ways turning up the thermostat can make a difference, the first of which is the energy bill for the household. When the difference between the inside temperature and the outside temperature is less, the cost to maintain the difference is less. What that means is that if a household keeps its internal temperature at seventy-five during the summer and the outside temperature is in the nineties then it will take more energy to do so than if the temperature is kept at seventy-eight.

The second reason that keeping the thermostat higher in the summer will make a difference is related to the first: The lower the energy bill the smaller the carbon footprint of the household and thus the healthier the overall environment of the world. Granted it is not a huge difference taken as an individual action, but when thousands of people make the responsible choice the difference grows exponentially.

The simple act of keeping the thermostat a little higher can be the first step in keeping the home on a path to greener living. One small step is the way great journeys begin.

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