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Originally Posted by artdutra04
I consider myself green. Not like an uber-excessive, tree-hugging fanatic, but rather just an environmentally conscious person.
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Same here. If I had the say I would have motion sensors and LED lightbulbs all through our house. Just from what I had shown above it would all pay for itself in about 2 years. if you look at
this it shows that you can make up the difference in a year!!! I have probally upward of 30 lightbulbs in my house that can be on. As in lightbulbs in lamps. We don't ever use that many because we have a 4 bulb tiffany lamp and about 7 other lamps in the living room. But at 80 cents for a year, that is CHEAP. If you do leave it on for 12 hours a day you make that much money up in a month!
I just wanted to see people evaluate themselves and make them more concious. Because at first glance your like ohhh big deal I left a light on. but it really does add up. All I did was lightbulbs.
Just to make an example of somebody. If jacob comes back and checks I would like him to look at the power ratings of all his computers in his room and calculate how much power they use while he is not there not using them. Yes even the websever.
Then Look at your CRT tvs, CRT monitors, dishwashers (running 2 1/2 loads in stead of 1 full load), your.....fridge!!!! it is on literally 24/7. what is the power rating on your avg fridge? now what is the power rating on a energy * fridge.
I would love to do a study that looks at a "energy efficient house" and a normal house under normal use. Plus maybe a few more. A normal house, then a house with energy concious people and the same 2 for the "energy efficient". To see the differences in power usage on money. I am sure you could drastically cut the cost.
Also just out of curiousity, how much is your electric bill, and how often do you pay it? monthly? or every 3 months?