Let us Review... Not the practice runs of 4th of July fly-overs or new solutions.
Let us ReVIEW the old evidence and proof on how "We the people" can make "the" difference toward America's Energy Independence! No, I am not going to again write about Hydrogen Fuel Cells running off Free rain water and Free sunlight to make Free electricity on demand. For that, use the SEARCH Box above by typing in Hydrogen Fuel Cells and read all my previous GTG blog posts on the topic.
Let us go back to what I taught since the 1980s and after reviewing the charts below, calculated those numbers into today's savings!
Enlarge the Compare and Save chart below. Review the few examples shown of a house that realizes an electric bill savings of $ 762.28 in one year after implementing recommended actions for just Lighting and an extra refrigerator / freezer.
PAYBACK for this investment that obtained the savings of $ 762.28 was in a fast 5 months and 3 weeks! The total yearly energy savings was well over $1,400.00 when additional energy saving actions that we recommended were taken. Payback for the entire investment that obtained these savings was less than 2 years!
Additional energy saving actions were in the following areas:
Heating,
Cooling,
Additional Appliances,
Insulation,
Domestic Hot Water.
Nevertheless, review the charts below and realize the saving with just "lights" in one house and then drop the numbers into your conversion App for today''s dollars saved.
Then DOULBE that number for the difference in today's Kilowatt Rate compared to the mid 1980s!
Then add another 20% savings to the total, since LED Light bulbs cost less than the old Fluorescent energy saving bulbs by at least 5% and because LEDs are more efficient they will use at least 15% less electricity compared to the older Fluorescent lightbulbs.
Powerful savings... Done by each individual.
AMERICA CAN BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT!
By every individual who pays the electric bill for lights.
Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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