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LED Bulbs: Finally, cut back on your winter energy bill by replacing your old fluorescent lights with LED bulbs for just $5.99 for a packet of two.

The light emitting diodes (LEDs) are low energy, lighting devices with a long lifespan and low energy consumption. The LEDs use specialized power

The light bulb was an amazing invention when it was first created and it still is today except people overlooked a few things about the first light bulb - also known as the incandescent light bulb. The things that people overlooked on the incandescent light bulb was the fact that it guzzled up so much energy. Another problem with the incandescent light bulb was that it emitted carbon dioxide. One final problem with the incandescent light bulb

The brightness needs to be equal to or greater than existing light technologies, such as incandescent and CFL. The lights should be well distributed over the area lighted by the fixture. Light output needs to remain constant over time. It should only decrease toward the end of the rated lifetime. Lifetimes can last 35,000 hours or 12 years, based on 8 hour use per

The first pro that should be addressed is that the incandescent light bulb helped people to be able to do activities that they wouldn’t be able to do unless it was during the morning light. For example, for the rich people during that time, they were able to read, scrapbook and enjoy an evening without it having to be during the morning or afternoon ("The Impact of Light Bulbs on Society.”, Kalinowski). For the working class, the incandescent light bulb was both a con and a pro; the con was that they had to work for longer hours into the night because it wasn’t as dark and they could see everything more clearly. Yet it was also a pro as well because when they were able to see everything more clearly, it prevented them form losing limbs and occasionally their lives. Additionally, they could have more leisure time since they could spend a longer time during the night to do leisure activities ("THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.”, Lambert). Another pro that the incandescent light bulb led to was the industrial boom that it caused; since the working class could work for longer hours into the night, they were able to produce more products and goods than in previous circumstances, and therefore, the companies were able to sell and earn more ("The Impact of Light Bulbs on Society.”, Kalinowski). The incandescent light bulb also led to other inventions such as the camera, microwave, oven etc. And

DST actually doesn’t save energy anymore because we don’t have to use candles when it’s dark. We have lightbulbs that can be turned on and off as much as we please and that don’t leave a mess when we blow them out. We also have air conditioning. We use air conditioning at night when it’s hot and when we go to bed. We don’t need to use it in the morning because it’s usually cold in the mornings no matter what. Of course Benjamin Franklin was right, but we don’t use candles anymore. If we didn’t have air conditioning and just used candles then Benjamin’s reasoning would make perfect sense, however, we don’t live in the 1700’s

According to Matthew Kotchen who observed the electricity usage in Indiana in 2006, DST led to 1% overall rose o residential electricity use. Although DST reduces demand for household lighting, it increased demand for cooling on summer evening and

Meanwhile, these materials being used to make the candles are essentially going to waste, as no additional lighting is even needed with the sun as a readily available resource. Not only that, but all of the unnecessary funds going toward candles are taking away from other products and industries. The candle makers end up profiting, while no one else does. Both the Broken Window Fallacy and Candlemaker’s Petition to me are examples of unfair protection from competition, rather than for

CFL lightbulbs entered the market at an expensive price, yet the consumers continued to purchase them. Knowing the bulbs “paid for themselves,” the tradeoff was worth it. They used 75% less electricity than incandescent bulbs, lasted 10 times longer and emitted 450 pounds fewer greenhouse gasses. In previous years consumers relied on incandescent lights that were reliable and much less expensive than CFLs. CFLs were backed by utility companies that also wanted the product to be a success, which was obvious through their coupons, trade-ins and price promotions. Aside from the many benefits CFLs offered to consumers, market research showed there were misconceptions that caused hesitancy in consumer adoption. The original product had problems such as light flickering and buzzing, needed continual usage to result in energy savings, could not be used with a dimmer, and recycling the bulbs was not convenient as special measures were needed to dispose of the bulb.

The main problem in the electric area of energy is that no one wants to use energy saving items until it is too late. The

Switching to solar panels will produce 8350 kilowatts per year, with 2 kilowatts per day, comparing to 11,879 kilowatts per year! Canadian citizens can replace standard light bulbs with fluorescent light bulbs. Fluorescent light bulbs use 75 percent less energy and they last 10 times longer! They can produce 17 watts/hour, while emitting much more light than a normal light bulb. (Ballad, T. (n.d.). How Much Do Energy Efficient Bulbs Save? | Home Guides | SF Gate, n.a., (2012.08.23) Top 10 Things You Can Do to Help - Information on Climate Change - Canada's Action on Climate Change.) Another strategy for individuals to help decrease the amount of GHG emissions would be including high-efficiency appliances apart of their lives. With the use of high efficiency appliances, 20 percent energy is being produced. In 2010, 2800 kilowatts were produced in households, and comparing to 20 years ago, 50 kilowatts were saved per year, which is 35 times better. (Appliances | Natural Resources Canada. (n.d) Therefore, Canadian citizens need to do more home at home to decrease the amount of global

Can you ever imagine a world without light bulb? Before light bulb was created, the night can only be lit by the moon and stars. People working and traveling after sunset could only use candles or oil lamps, which caused many inconveniences. Without any bright light, moving inside your own house even seemed dangerous. However, things changed after the ambitious inventors brought their bright idea, which was to light the world, to life. The invention and the commercialization of light bulb not only changed the way people live, but also became a technological breakthrough for future energy use in our daily lives.

LED’s are different to standard lighting: They don’t really burn out and stop working like a standard light, moreover the lighting diodes emit lower output levels over a very long period of time and become less bright.

Humans today are using much more electricity than we need to in our houses and this is impacting our world more then we realise. Although electricity is a huge advantage to humans it has the complete opposite effects on our environment. By using more electricity, we are using more of the earth’s resources and if we keep going down this road then we are going to run out. The solution for this mass overuse of energy is to build houses which are more energy efficient. Features like LED lightbulbs, insulating and even positioning your house in the correct position for natural airflow instead of using air conditioning are all ways we can help improve this problem.

Festive decorations are a huge part of the Holiday season, but they also take a huge toll on Christmas budgets. In the United States, the average cost Americans will spend is over $465 billion on Christmas gifts, $3.2 billion on wrapping paper, and $6 billion on holiday decorations such as, lights, trees, lawn decorations, etc. Everyone likes putting up lights at Christmas on their trees, around the house, on the roof, and any other, countless, creative things, and individual might come up with. Our question, however, is whether a single strain of multi-colored Christmas lights, or a single strain of white Christmas lights can save you money on usage. Christmas lights are an expense in their own, so is there a notable different the cost of multi-colored, and white lights, for you to consider?