Sentence examples for waste of electricity from inspiring English sources

My frugal parents were aghast at the waste of electricity.

And traffic signals at some intersections seem like a waste of electricity.

There was nothing to do but stare at that ostentatious waste of electricity, the Empire State Building, and brood.

The zoo is also spending £5,000 installing a "voltage optimisation unit" to reduce the mains voltage of 240v down to 220v to help prevent any needless waste of electricity.

Re "How to Sidestep a Two-Pronged Vampire" (May 1), on ways of curbing the waste of electricity by electronic devices: The standby power use of consumer electronics and many other devices is indeed a growing problem, but consumers don't need to measure every product before they buy.

I don't like them baked – they're dry, and it seems an awful waste of electricity when they can be cooked so quickly on the hob – but, after frying some alone, and simmering others in a sauce, as Hartnett recommends, I can confirm that they do taste better cooked solo.

In other words, wasting lots of fuel in order to enjoy the creative ways my neighbors have chosen to waste lots of electricity.

This research is aimed at gaining insight into the enablers that led towards an increasing trend (observed globally) in exploiting waste as a fuel for electricity generation, and to outline the presence of obstacles that hinder separation of waste for electricity use in the South African context.

Phantom electricity or standby power in the U.S. alone wastes $4 billion of electricity a year and contributes at least 28 million tons of CO2 emissions, annually.

Sometimes on these landings I'm reminded of how we waste a lot of electricity and many cities are not making the best use of their resources.

The Bitcoin mining approach is controversial because it encourages miners to waste enormous quantities of electricity in the hope of earning a few bits of virtual currency.