After much heated debate last month, my family had finally allowed for the replacement of every incandescent light bulb in the entire house with an energy efficient Florescent or LED light. If one considers the unstable and diminishing nature of our world's energy supply, it makes much sense now to become as efficient in the ultilization of electricity as possible. A gradual "power-down" through more efficient and sustainable technologies is much preferable to an abrupt crisis in energy services. If our civilization is to last the ages with our culture and technology intact, it is of paramount importance that every individual do their utmost to conserve our valuable supplies of non-renewable resources.
It is thus worth mentioning that an NVision Florescent bulb can deliver the illumination of a 60 Watt conventional light bulb while consuming only 14 Watts of electricity. So we replaced some 24 light-bulbs in the house with this efficient bulb. And this month, vindication has arrived in force. Our monthly electric bill has been slashed by over 40 percent! My goal is to reduce the house's total( grid-derived) electricity usage to 1/3 that of the usage volume last year by 2008.
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I did the same last year and saw immediate savings. I also installed a timer on my elect. water tank, doubled my attic insulation and put all my 110v appliances on power strips to eleminate phantom loads. These steps have reduced my elect. bill nicely!
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