Why You Should go CFL!!

It only makes sense. You can now buy Energy Efficient CFL light bulbs at Wal-Mart on the cheap. You can buy a 6 pack of 13W (equal to 60W of light) for $9.88! That's $1.65 a bulb. Ok, so you might be saying that I can get a regular incandescent light bulb for like $.50. This is probably true, but with the CFLs you have some other things going for you.

1. With CFLs you are only using 13W of power instead of the 60W from a regular bulb. That's a Difference of 47W. Now let's say that you have 25 light bulbs throughout your house that you are going to change to CFLs. By doing this, you would be saving 1175W. That's pretty awesome! Also if you wanted to get really energy efficient, you could get an even lower wattage, maybe a 9W and save 51W per bulb. This will make a difference on your electricity bill.

2. The second reason is the fact that these bulbs will last longer than 5 years usually, and sometimes longer. So now you do not have to change your light bulbs as often, which is pretty nice if you have high ceilings, less work for you to do, AND since the bulbs are lasting you longer, you do now have to purchase more light bulbs, thus saving you money there!

3. Thirdly, these light bulbs do NOT put out as much heat as regular incandescent light bulbs, so in effect your AC bill will be lower because there is not as much heat in the rooms!

Now let's think about if every house changed out 25 bulbs and was saving 1175W. That would be AMAZING! Let's say we have (and I know we have more) 500 million houses that is going to save 1175W of power.

That's 587,500,000,000W! HOLY CRAP!

All it takes is a little match to see why you should do this! Oh, and if you think that Wal-Marts $1.65 per bulb is too expensive, check out E-Bay. I bought 100 bulbs (equivalent to 75W) for about $1.20 a bulb!

Here is a link to a video I created about CFL! Click Here! CFL VIDEO!

PS. I can remember thinking about this while I was working in a jewelery store. The store had about 75 bulbs, about 75W-80W each. You can get a 26W (equal to 90W in and incandescent), have you merchandise shine more because you have more Wattage, they would last longer so that you do NOT have to change the bulbs as often (which I know how to do quite well), and you would be GREEN

Here's the math! Incandescent: 75 * 75W = 5625W
CFL: 75 * 26W = 1950W
A Difference of: 3675W

Now times that by how many jewelery stores there are, I know that there are 780 Zale's Stores, and ZaleCorp also owns Gordon's and there are at least 450 Gordons Stores, so 780+450 = 1230 Stores * 3675W = 4,520,250W. HOLY CRAP again! If one Corporation would Green Up, They could save 4.5 million watts! Just an extra thought!

Now go buy some CFLs!!