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US Christmas lights use more energy than entire countries
Phys.com ^
| December 23, 2015
| staff reporter
Posted on 12/23/2015 7:58:16 PM PST by Daffynition
Bright lights strung on American trees, rooftops and lawns account for 6.63 billion kilowatt hours of electricity consumption every year, according to a recent blog post by the Center for Global Development.
That's more than the national electricity consumption of many developing countries. El Salvador for one, uses 5.35 billion kilowatt hours, while Ethiopia consumes 5.30 billion and Tanzania 4.81 billion.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: christmaslights; climatechange; energy; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax
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To: Daffynition
Socialist whackos always come out the woodwork at Christmas.
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12/24/2015 3:31:19 PM PST
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catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: Daffynition
Buuuuwaha ha ha ha...we are sooooo evivil! Eeeeeeevil!!!
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right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: right way right
LIB idiots are pathetically malignant...fools and losers.
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12/24/2015 9:41:45 PM PST
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hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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