2. To the extent they do help, it only pushes back the day of reckoning . . .
Gideon wrote: That is hugely out of proportion with the average homeowner.
xerces wrote:After replacing 24 of the lights in my house with NVision Florescent lights, the electric bill was slashed by 40%. This is so awesome!!!!
http://backtowilderness.blogspot.com/
Looking at the front page of the site today, it seems that to continue growth and maintain standards of living, China is looking into encouraging energy saving devices. I've seen news on this before. So I guess the Chinese government sees promise in devices like florescent lights. Of course there aren't many other choices, start turning things off or become more efficient.peakoil.com news wrote:China: From growth to 'quality of growth'
Public Policy; Political and Legal NewsChina houses 21% of the world's people. Keep that ratio in mind. To provide its people with their current living standard, China has the following resources to call on: 7% of the world's freshwater reserves, 11% of the world's primary energy supply, 7% of the world's arable land, 6% of the world's roads and 2% of the world's passenger cars. China also produces 14% of world's carbon-dioxide emissions.
The only way to avoid the logic of this arithmetic is to achieve a rapid leap up the energy-efficiency curve. The official targets for improved energy efficiency, reaffirmed at the NPC, are highly ambitious. Highlighting the difficulties, the interim target for 2006 was missed by a large margin. The strong price signal that would encourage energy savings sits uneasily with the harmonious-society doctrine.
http://www.peakoil.com/article24378.html
Gideon wrote:40%? Seems very high, unless you aren't using electricity for any of the following . . .
Professor Membrane wrote: Not now son, I'm making ... TOAST!
Gideon wrote: 2. The estimated life of the bulbs is off by a factor of about 5-10.
Or in China...topcat wrote:What HAS surprised me, in the past week or so, I have seen two blurbs on main-stream, prime-time TV touting CF's. You know things are bad when you hear/see conservation in such a forum.
Another thing about media...topcat wrote:What HAS surprised me, in the past week or so, I have seen two blurbs on main-stream, prime-time TV touting CF's. You know things are bad when you hear/see conservation in such a forum.
That's a good explanation!yesplease wrote:A 40% drop in the bill is believable given the tiered system some utility companies use for billing. It may only correspond to a 20% decrease in kwh use, but it's still something.
steam_cannon wrote:That's a good explanation!yesplease wrote:A 40% drop in the bill is believable given the tiered system some utility companies use for billing. It may only correspond to a 20% decrease in kwh use, but it's still something.
Professor Membrane wrote: Not now son, I'm making ... TOAST!
Ingenuity_Gap wrote: A fridge will always consume way more than a light bulb, regardless of energy efficiency, because it runs almost 24/7.
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