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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (183408)2/23/2004 7:25:41 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1574948
 
Eric,

re: I have a house full of 60 watt can or flood lights, each one in fluorescent would cost at least $8-9 each - probably 25 in total.

So 25*8 = $400-450, ignoring the comparison with existing lights and not knowing how much of my total power bill is lighting, assuming it lowered my monthly by just 10% it would take at least two years to re-coup the cost.

I have considered doing this over time, but then the hodge podge of lighting starts to annoy me - I can say I'm surprised how long some of my traditional bulbs have lasted, some well over six years now.

First, the most expensive part of lighting is energy cost. It would save you ~75% on your electricity cost (more if you know anything about color temperature and visual acuity). Second, compact fluorescents should last almost 10 times as long as incandescent, so the actual up front payment is at least break even, if not cheaper. As an added benefit, CF's produce much less heat. If air conditioning cost is a more expensive than heating, then you have another minor benefit.

It's a no brainer from a cost perspective, much more of a no brainer from an energy perspective. But folks won't drop the $8 on a bulb that will save them $16. When they can buy the special at $0.60.

John
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