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mcgeedo · 10-17-2008, 06:08 PM

Yakk: The original source was a quote spoken by a narrator on a TV show. I understood it to be for a year. Here's one written version of the quote:

"If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars."

I understand this mean for a year, based on the references to "annual" energy costs a d lighting 3 million homes for a year. Still, I can get very close to the quoted number with judicious choices, and quite far from it with more reasonable choices. I read into this one thing; you read into it another.

rat, I'm certainly not a big proponent of tree-hugging nor do I accept the Gospel of Man-Made Climate Change. I do feel strongly about energy independence and conservation is a viable aspect of that.

10-17-2008, 06:08 PM	#34 (permalink)
mcgeedo Crazy	Yakk: The original source was a quote spoken by a narrator on a TV show. I understood it to be for a year. Here's one written version of the quote: "If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars." I understand this mean for a year, based on the references to "annual" energy costs a d lighting 3 million homes for a year. Still, I can get very close to the quoted number with judicious choices, and quite far from it with more reasonable choices. I read into this one thing; you read into it another. rat, I'm certainly not a big proponent of tree-hugging nor do I accept the Gospel of Man-Made Climate Change. I do feel strongly about energy independence and conservation is a viable aspect of that.