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Conversations with AI to Cut Costs

Be sure to tell AI the time and resources you have

How much time do you have?  How much money to invest in cost cutting measures?

Tell AI "How Urgent"

Are you squeezed right now?  Which cost cutting measures could you do quickly?

Tell AI Your Commitment to Your Home & Community?

Some Challenges take hours, others years.  How long will you be staying in your home? in your community?  Let AI know and update its suggestions.

Need Help with AI Conversations? Implementing suggestions?

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Youth Challenges

Family Cost Cutting Measures

Food Cost Cutting Measures

What you buy, where you buy it, where you eat it, at home vs. away from home

FC1000 Know and Track Your Food Costs

  1. Tally Weekly Food Costs and submit to AI.  Instruct AI to suggest better ways to tally weekly food costs.

FC2000 Reduce What You Buy

  1. Make a list of items in your waste bin related to food.  Submit to AI and ask to estimate cost of food wasted.
  2. Eat What You Have before Buying More - Take photos of pantry and freezer.  Ask AI to estimate cost of food into being used.  Instruct to offer recipes of food in anti sand freezer.

FC3000 Replace with "Better Choices"

  1. Make a list of food items you buy from particular stores and prices paid.  .  Ask AI to compare prices - same store, similar items, other stores and suppliers, same and similar items.Submit amount and prices of meats you buy.  Instruct AI to recommend lower cost meat and vegetables and recipes. 
  2. Buy in bulk, in season, and store.  Instruct AI to identify food items that could be purchases in bulk and in seasons, estimate savings.  Instruct AI to recommend ways to preserve and store foo

FC4000 Innovate

  1. Ask AI to recommend nutritious low-cost meals using an Instant Pot or crock pot and estimate cost-savings.
  2. Ask AI to recommend nutritious low-cost proteins, e.g.,  cook grains like oats for breakfast, soups and stews for dinners using beans, grains, and vegetables.  Instruct AI to estimate savings.
  3. Ask AI about growing some of your food.  Describe your location, solar exposure, space available -- from 10x10 yard to a pot on your balcony.  Instruct Ai to recommend what to grow and to estimate sav

FC5000 Collaborate within a Community

  1. Describe to AI groups of which you are a member, such as a community association, congregation, or club.  Ask AI if any are likely candidates for collaborating on food measures.  Ask AI  about group purchasing of food in bulk and direct from growers or suppliers; about community food storage (lockers, freezers), and community kitchens to process food and support community dinners and potlucks.   
  2. Describe your membership in or shopping through a Food Buyers Club or Community Food Coop that priori

Home Energy Cost Cutting Measures

Can your family do better - reducing usage and costs?

HE1000 Know and Track Your Home Energy Costs

  1. Submit to AI a Family Home Energy Cost tally sheet.  List what you spend per month or year on home energy.  Instruct AI to estimate annual co
  2. Describe to AI your Ottawa Hydro bill. Instruct AI to estimate nnual cost and suggest ways to reduce costs.
  3. Describe to AI your Enbridge bill.  Instruct AI to estimate annual cost and suggest ways to reduce costs.
  4. Describe your current hot water system.  Submit a photo.  Instruct AI to estimate your costs to heat hot water and suggest ways to reduce costs.

HE2000 Reduce What You Need

  1. Insulating curtains to reduce heat loss.  Describe your windows and current window coverings.  Submit photos.  Ask AI to estimate heat loss through windows and suggest ways to reduce costs.
  2. Describe how much you use a refrigeratcr, clothes washer, clothes dryer, and dishwasher.  Submit photos.  Instruct AI to estimate costs for using each appliance and to suggest ways to cut costs.
  3. Describe caulking around windows and weatherstripping exterior doors.  Submit photos.  Ask AI for suggestions.

HE3000 Replace with Better Choices

  1. List applicants and heating equipment.  Submit photos.  Ask AI to calculate cost and savings by investing in energy-efficient appliances.    
  2. Describe heating system.  Submit photos.  Ask AI to calculate costs and savings by investing in more energy-efficient systems. 
  3. Same steps with other systems: cooling, heating hot water, ducting and fans.

HE4000 Innovate

  1. Describe your experience with solar, wind, or geothermal.  Describe your potential for each.  Instruct AI to estimate costs and savings from investing in your own power generation.
  2. Describe your electrical panel.  Submit photo.  Instruct AI to estimate need for upgraded electrical panel to power additional electrocution or power generation, costs, and savings.  Ask at what cost of energy would such an investment yield a favorable return on investment.

HE5000 Collaborate

  1. Describe to AI any groups or associations of which you are a member.  Ask AI to suggest ways your family could collaborate with others to reduce home energy costs.  Examples: shared freezer and food storage, community solar, shared costs for EV charging.  

Transportation Cost Cutting Measures

TC1000 Know and Track Your Transportation Costs

  1. Tally Current Transportation Usage and Costs.  Submit to AI and ask AI for suggestions how to reduce costs.
  2. Describe to AI your vehicles -- how used (commute, shopping, long trips), model, age, mileage,  Submit estimated costs for insurance, license, maintenance.  instruct AI to calculate the "total cost of ownership"

TC2000 Reduce What You Need

  1. Submit your family's Transportation Cost Tally Sheet.  Ask AI for suggestions of lower cost options for each family member and their costs for transportation.  

TC3000 Replace with Better Choices

  1. Submit your family's Transportation Cost Tally Sheet and instruct AI to compare costs of current choices with costs of "better choices."  For example, to compare costs of driving alone , sharing rides , using services like Uber & Lyft, OCTranspo, and Virtu car or Communauto.

TC4000 Innovate

  1. Describe your experience with electric cars (EV's), electric motorcycles, e-bikes, e-scooters.  Instruct AI to estimate costs and savings for investments in e-mobility and ask to identify at what price of gasoline would the investments yield an acceptable rate of return.

TC5000 Collaborate

  1. The fastest way to reduce transportation costs is to sharie rides.  Describe your experience sharing rides.  Describe your family's membership in a community or neighborhood group with whom your family would be willing to share rides.  Instruct AI to estimate costs and savings from sharing rides.
  2. Another great way to reduce transportation costs > share equipment costs.  Repeat #1 and instruct AI to estimate costs and savings from sharing equipment like a car, e-bike, or pickup truck.

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