Guilt-tripping little kids about energy conservation.

[Lee]

Waste not- want not. 
A fool and his money...
A stitch in time....
A penny saved...

I tell my kids that all the time.  Do they listen...no.  I've taken the 'save the Earth' approach as well, just to guilt them more.  Where did you see those commercials? Me want.

[Harold Tuttle]

and how much power does a cell phone charger pull when nothing is attached and its plugged into the wall?

[Jamisjockey]

Gwher you're a more patient man than I.  Doorknob and Dingdong would really, really not like me.  Matrimonial harmony be damned.

[Nick1911]

I became a conservationist when I got my first car, a 1973 Pontiac.

It had one of the early smogger motors that barely ran, so, following the step-by-step instructions laid out in the Emission Control Bypass Manual, I retuned the engine. Got a 25% improvement in fuel economy, improved drivability, and probably 50 extra horsepower.

That's called having your cake and eating it too. 

Why do you hate the environment? 

[MechAg94]

I became a conservationist when I got my first car, a 1973 Pontiac.

It had one of the early smogger motors that barely ran, so, following the step-by-step instructions laid out in the Emission Control Bypass Manual, I retuned the engine. Got a 25% improvement in fuel economy, improved drivability, and probably 50 extra horsepower.

That's called having your cake and eating it too. 

I remember my Dad doing something similar.  The auto parts store could not sell a bypass legally.  However, they would sell a section of exhaust tubing about (hold out hands) this long.