Posted on 03/22/2006 5:14:34 AM PST by Born Conservative
Pupils launch bid to save Americans $2.3B in electric costs; seek Oprah's help in plan to dole out lightbulbs
Qiana Marks and 200 other North Babylon students hope to save the Earth - and also save the American public $2.3 billion in electric costs.
It's all part of a campaign begun yesterday in the Robert Moses Middle School to "fight global warming one lightbulb at a time," said Kenny Luna, eighth-grade science teacher.
Luna and his students want to give an energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulb to every school child in America, "all 50 million between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade."
They're asking TV star Oprah Winfrey to help spread the word.
CFL bulbs use an average 75 percent less energy than normal lightbulbs. If every student changed one bulb, the saving at $46 per bulb would add up to $2.3 billion, Luna calculated.
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I recently puchased a 4-pack of 23 Watt (equivalent to 100 Watts light output) "twist" bulbs for about $11 at a Costco. These were an off-brand, so I took a chance. It turns out that they're pretty good. Most of the ones I have around here are Philips or Sylvania that I bought at KMart on the cheap.
Special note for X10 home automation users: Some brands don't work well with appliance modules and will cause the lamp to strobe. Look for lamps that are slightly less efficient (use more current (300mA or more) than the name brands do) and they'll work just fine. Don't use a dimmer module!
LED flashlights are quite bright indeed, and go through batteries reallllly slowly. Something with enough output to replace an incandescent bulb probably would cost the earth though.
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