Day without electronics

During my day of no electronics I choose a day that I had work for 6+ hours. I work at the San Diego Ice Arena; I woke up around 10 o’clock and headed to work at 10:30. I left my phone and ipod at home. At work we are required to use walkie talkies however I did not grab one and just had someone tell me when they called me over the headset.

I communicated through other people and had to run around asking different questions instead of just asking them over my walkie talkie.

After I finished work I drove home and cooked dinner for my family, after dinner I read my book and did soudoku. I usually end my day by doing this, so it was no different to me.

The most difficult gadget to give up was my walkie talkie. I use it all the time at work to communicate with my fellow coworkers and my manager. Without it I felt like I was missing something. The DJ announces what game or dance we are going to do over the walkie talkie and without it, I had no idea what was going on. I just had to follow my coworkers and ask them what was going on.

The easiest electronic to give up was my computer; I don’t usually have time to use it on a day that I work because it is so old that it takes forever to turn on and boot up.

Energy discussion

During our discussion we began with talking about the issues of different forms of energy that we capture to “run” or power the world. We touched on solar, wind and hydro energy being converted into power.

During our discussion on solar energy we addressed that solar power is the most efficient way to power our houses, lights, and new technology that is being produced such as solar powered compact trash cans. It also powers call boxes and is used to heat pools. We also discussed that solar panels can be expensive and not everyone can afford them or pay to keep maintenance on them. This is why we discussed the other option of energy.

While talking about wind power, my previous road trip came into discussion. My family and I drove past rows and rows of wind farms, it seemed like they would never end. My mom pointed out that it takes up a lot of space to collect wind, but it can be virtually anywhere. It also creates jobs since you have to build all of the windmills which are economically positive towards the country but like I stated earlier it takes up a lot of land use.

Our discussion on hydro power revolved around how it is not beneficial to the world. It costs more to build and keep running then it does in receiving power. It is not environmentally friendly because it uses tons of water and that does not help the world with water shortages.

All in all my discussion with my parents went pretty well, we had no major argument and touched on some pretty cool topics.