I love this show but the only thing that bothers me is when a home owner is accused of using too much water (like for small kids pools etc) Holter shows up with a truck full of water and just sprays the same amount the family is accused of wasting onto their property, seems like these “special” effects are wasting water as well no?

To Chuck Ellis, who wanted a device to measure electric usage… I found a couple online:

Kill-a-watt offers a unit that monitors a single appliance’s usage

One from Blue Line Innovations will wirelessly display your home’s electric usage (displays the real-time data.)

Try looking at savingsadvice.com blog for more information. This is where I found information on the Blue Line product.

I just watched and was deeply saddened by what I saw. This is such a great idea for a show, to help us all learn new ways to be less wasteful, save money, and positively affect our lives, our community and our earth. But why, oh why, is it necessary to make people feel shame and guilt? Stamping GUILT across their faces, shame on you, and all that? Breaks my heart. Why do we find it necessary to beat on each other? People work very, very hard in this country to have the things they do. Just raise the awareness, that’s all it takes. You can tell, once the people understand the impact, they’re willing to make changes wherever they can. Great idea to give cash to show them their savings, and a good incentive to make changes. I love Annabelle Gurwitch, but am sad to see her go along with the script of mean things to say.