Earth Day 2007

[Monkeyman]

Run time: 02:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR1sqrrIZss   Posted on YouTube: April 22, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 22, 2007 By DU Member: Monkeyman Views on DU: 520

 
Monkeyman says go clean your room. Take Out The Papers And The Trash Yake Yak Don't Come Back! Its your Home What Are You Doing To Protect It?

[CGrantt57]

1. Well....

Just last week I replaced every incandescent bulb in the house with a compact fluorescent bulb.

All told, I replaced 24 60 watt bulbs and 9 100 watt bulbs.

Let's do the math, shall we?

24 X 60 = 1440 watts

9 X 100 = 900 watts

Total old usage = 2340 watts

New Bulbs

24 X 13 = 312 watts

9 X 25 = 175 watts

Total usage now = 487 watts

Wattage saved = 1853 watts

To put it another way, I am now using 79% less electricity to power my house.

The total cost to replace all those bulbs? $90.

Yup, you read that right: $90.

Go here and put your moral objections in your cowhide wallet:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_redirect=false&dept=0&search_query=cfl

You can get a 12 pack of 13 watt (60 watt equivalent) CFL bulbs for $20 at Wal-mart online.

Nobody else comes close.

What else am I doing? Well, we recycle incessantly. Every week when we go to the grocery store on Saturday we drop off all our recycles. 4 years ago we were making 4 bags of trash a week. Now that we're recycling, we make only 2 bags a week.

I wish I could afford a hybrid car, but, maybe later.

Regards,

[Monkeyman]

2. Well Done