[Rhodes22-list] Going green

[Michael D. Weisner]

Rummy,

While I do not share your enthusiam for E85, I also have been very 
pleasantly surprised by the new energy saver compact fluorescents.

I purchased 3 packages of 8 bulbs each at Costco for $3.19/pkg ($11.19 less 
$8 LIPA instant rebate).  That's $0.40 per bulb, a no-brainer experiment. 
These are the Philips Marathon60 (see attached photo) type rated at 13W, 900 
lumens, 2700K, 10,000 hours to replace 60W incandescents.  They do not dim 
nor can they be controlled (just on-off) by my X-10 unit (unless I use an 
appliance module).  Other than that, I found them great.  My first use was 
in a 3 lamp (3 x 60W) overhead bathroom fixture.  I think that the 
replacements (3 x 13W = 42W) provide MORE light, after a 30-45 second warmup 
period, than the originals.  The color is very warm, not the blue-white cast 
of a tube style fluorescent.

I went back to Costco this past week to purchase the 100W and flood lamp 
replacements.  To date, I have not tried them out.

I recommend trying some when priced appropriately.

You may also be interested in a good discussion at:
http://www.execulink.com/~impact/fluorescent_lights.htm

and a review by Pop Mechanics:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4215199.html?series=15

I am all for saving energy, as long as the savings do not come out of my 
pocket.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com> Monday, June 18, 2007 7:55 PM
> In an attempt to lower our energy consumption within our house, I have
> replaced all incandescent bulbs with the energy saving flourescents. Time 
> will
> tell what the payback will be, but it should be interesting. My initial
> impression is that the new bulbs are much better than the earlier 
> versions. They  take
> a while to warm up to full output, but I haven't found it to be a 
> problem.
> My truck burns the new E-85 fuel. Brad claims that it's a "feel good" 
> fuel,
> and I can accept that. However, the end result of burning ethanol means 
> that I
> am not adding to the co2 problem with the atmosphere. I like the ethanol
> fuel. I  haven't realized any money savings to date, but that would be 
> secondary
> to not  burning more than 15% gasoline which is added. My recent research 
> on
> ethanol  informed me that they put 15% gasoline with the ethanol to 
> prevent
> people from  drinking the stuff. Can you imagine? A gallon of drinkable 
> alcohol
> for under  three dollars. We would become a nation of alcoholic drivers.
>
> Rummy
>
>
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