Re: Long Live the Incandescent!

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

According to the Department of Energy, only 9% of residential electricity
use is for lighting so it should be obvious to even the simple minded
enviro-nuts (except those who fabricate their own statistics) that there are
bigger targets. Single malt, straight, without ice is another way to save
(electricity, that is). ;)

BTW, have you replaced the new fridge's light with a CFL?

"petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>One sector that is not being looked at enough is the Fridge and freezer's
>that people have at home...
>
>One of the worst energy dinosaurs fridge that most American have is the old
>20+ years fridge that keep our beer cold in the garage..
>
>I've replaced my 7 years old fridge in the kitchen by an energy star one and
>took the old one to the garage, and I dropped the very old one to be
>recycled properly.
>
>This was 4 month ago, I already see a difference in my electrical
>consummation just by that move. (And the beers are still cold ;-))
>