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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:23:29 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 1/22/14, 9:21 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:00:20 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/21/14, 11:24 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:27:20 -0500, Hank wrote: On 1/21/2014 10:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/21/2014 10:09 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:45:51 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: Nationally I'm sure there are many in the same situation. I don't pump my own water and I heat with natural gas. But so do millions of other who figure into the 'US average'. Those must be the ones who "use 30% of their electricity on lights" (or whatever number you want to use. I would also believe it is city thinking that most people have nat gas coming to their house. When I was in Maryland, the gas line stopped about 10 miles outside the beltway going South. They may have expanded that by now. I think you've missed something Gregg. Where did natural gas come into the discussion? Also, nobody said anybody uses 30% of their electricity on lights. I offered a stat that said *13%* of residential electricity is used for lighting. He doesn't need lighting. He has good night vision. I guess he doesn't get the point that some of us need light to see at night and welcome the savings LED lighting affords us. I don't need light when I am not there. I guess you missed that part. If you insist on lighting up empty rooms and the perimeter of your house when nothing is there. I guess you are pitching in to use a more efficient light source but you are still polluting the sky with unwanted light. http://pollutionfacts.org/content/light-pollution-facts We don't have street lights in our little subdivision. In fact, most of the residential neighborhoods in our county are sans street lights. So many people keep a couple of lights burning outside at night. Maybe it is a holdover from the days when mankind kept a fire burning at night for warmth, a little light and to ward off those dinosaurs that roamed the earth back then. ![]() I am going to keep an eye out for some LED bulbs with small bases that look decent and will fit in our outdoor lighting fixtures. I haven't seen any at Home Despot or Lowes yet, but they are available via mail order. Oh, we have a couple of LED nightlights in the house. Keeps me, especially, from tripping over the cats. Which base are you looking for? HD has a potfull of different base LEDs. Bi-Pin (31) Candelabra (30) Double-Ended (1) E26 (3) GU10 (9) GU24 (4) Medium (278) Other (35) Twist Lock (4 I was there yesterday and couldn't believe the different styles of LED bulbs available. If you need some really small based LEDs you might check Camping World also. I bought a couple for the trailer with a base that looks like an auto taillight bulb. You must live near an upscale Home Despot! I'll have to look again; haven't been in the bulb section of HD for a while. My local HD has about three times the bulbs my local Wal Mart stocks. |
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