if the point is to save energy... then here are a few ideas:

o stop using massive tankers to ship underwear (textiles) around the world. just produce them in the destination country
o turn off television
o stop producing newspapers and use 100% recycled pixels instead
o insulate your house to better conserve the internal environment

and of course... just like the person complaining they don't have enough money, so they start budgeting to spend less, completely forgetting the other side of the equation:

o make more energy

here are some of my favorites so far:
i prefer distributed systems, as they scale better