David Crab wrote: > Now.. this is not to say that all the money spent into conservation isn't > working.. <i certainly would like > my state to have the nice incentives for solar and alternative power that > Calif has.>.. Right now, I pay > 3.5 cents per kWHr.. so it takes a loooong time to make the extra money back > from Compact Flourescents. > Your average Joe isn't going to do it here. They will just spend the > 40cents for a incandescent bulb vs 8 dollars for a CF light. To me.. it is > worth it for the piece of mind that there isnt some diesel plant spewing > less junk for my lights. > > I think the average person knows money.. and *would* spend money to convert > lights 'permanently' to flourescents, if it would mean they got a tax break. > Less power needs = less power plants which is good for us all.
You pay 3.5 cents per kWh ?? I pay 7.09 cents per kWh meanly coal some nuclear, hydro and wind. Using your figures I'd make nearly 100 percent return (long term) on my investment or rather save nearly $20 using a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulb -- taxes not included. For example -- 100 Watt/hour incandescent bulb with a estimated 1000 hour life expectancy. $0.40 bulb @ 1000 hours x 10 bulbs = $4.00 worth of incandescent bulbs for 10,000 hours. 100 Watts/hour x 10,000 hours divide by 1000 Watts/kW = 1000 kW x 3.5 cents/kW = $35 of electricity. $4.00 + $35 = $39 33 Watt/hour CFL bulb providing equivalent light of a 100 Watt incandescent bulb $8.00 CFL bulb with a 10,000 hour life expectancy. 33 Wh x 10,000 hours divide by 1000 W/kW = 330 kW x 3.5 cents = $11.55 of electricity. $8.00 + $11.55 = $19.55 Locally I could buy 2 CFL bulbs for $8.00 emitting 60 Watts of light each but only using 15 W each of electricity. _______________________________________ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
