Here are a few gifts in the spirit of green for the gadget lover on your list. The Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Meter will tell its owner which appliances have been good or bad when it comes to wasting energy. Plug in individual appliances, lamps, or any of those electronic gadgets under the tree to find out how much they affect household electrical consumption and therefore the electric bill. The checkbook sized unit has a large LCD display and gives information in voltage, frequency, current, volt amps, watts, power factor, kilowatt hour, and elapsed time. There are a series of these gizmos available at http://www.chooserenewables.com at prices ranging from $24.99 to several hundred dollars. The environmental wisdom of building a roaring fire in the fireplace is open to debate, but recycling...(read more)

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