CFLs
Yesterday I heard some good news ... soon Canada will ban the sale of incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescents by 2012, joining Australia and perhaps California. I've found CFLs to work great. We got two packs of them at Costco about a year ago and by putting them in every lighting device we significantly brought our electricity usage down, thus saving us a money and helping out the environment. (They use about 25% of the electricity old style bulbs do for the same light output.) I once read in National Geographic that over the lifespan of one CFL could save 1300 pounds of coal from being burned. The picture below shows just how much 1300 pounds of coal is.
My mother also told me that Boston is considering banning all plastic bags! Here's the story.
Now if only someone hadn't rear-ended me on the way home today!
Found: 13 pennies (1 under a vending machine at work, 2 at the Mobil Mart, 1 under a newspaper machine at McDonald's, 9 near Fenway Park), 1 nickel (under a newspaper machine at McDonald's), 1 dime (near Fenway Park)
2 comments:
New Brian:
Good stuff indeed. It's nice to have another voice in the change searching world, as well as some information that has a bit more substance (not that finding change at a car wash isn't great stuff in and of itself).
Good read, Brian,
I like to do my bit for the planet. Whether it’s recycling bottles and cans, riding my bike or walking instead of driving, or doing other little things to help the environment (and reduce our carbon footprint). We started using the energy efficient bulbs about 8 months ago. We also purchased the led Christmas lights as well to cut our consumption there. Plus, they’re brighter and don’t heat up like the old ones. Many people around this area have already switched over already.
I do like the idea of banning the plastic bags though if they can’t find a way to get people to recycle. Up here, there are bins at all the major stores (grocery, retail) so it isn’t really a hassle. Just bag a bunch of them up and drop them off on your way into the store. We’re also looking into purchasing solar panels for our house. I was watching the science channel and they said that technology breakthroughs could improve efficiency to about 40 percent from the current 18 or so percent currently available. Once that happens, we’re in. I like the idea of having a zero electric bill and selling the excess back to the power company.
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