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 hy turn off the Holiday spirit? We can avoid an energy
crisis and have festive lighting displays at the same time by
using efficiency rather than denial. For every 60-watt incandescent
light bulb you replace with a 20-watt compact fluorescent, you
will save enough electricity to run a 50-foot string of miniature
Italian lights with some kilowatt hours left over. Plus, you
will get more light out of it and will save about $50 over the
bulb's lifetime (assuming rates don't go up). That is a pretty
nice return on your $10 or $15 investment in the bulb. And, you
will be helping keep 100s of pounds of global warming gases out
of the atmosphere, not to mention acid rain and smog forming
gases. Now that's the holiday spirit!  |
Provided by Tom Lent, Energy & Environmental Consulting, 2464 West St, Berkeley, CA 94702; 510-845-5600; tlent
igc.org; http://tlent.home.igc.org