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Originally Posted by Tinordi
You should probably run the numbers again there mr. financial planner.
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Maybe you could dumb it down for me?
Lets see though: incandescents cost what $0.50/each? CFLs are about $3.50 a piece....so we're down $3 before you've even hit the switch.
Now have a closer look at your electricity bill. Most of the charges there are not for actual use of the power, but instead charges for delivery and various riders and fees. So how much is your actual power usage each month costing you? I wouldn't want to misquote a figure here and get flamed....but I'm going to say $45/month?
If you can live with those figures then I'm just coming right out and saying that there is no way you are saving $1.00/month per bulb as some people suggest in this thread. I would be paying next to nothing, and you would see the bill for this portion cut in half! Most of that energy use in my house is either the furnace or A/C, along with things like computers, cable boxes, dishwashers, etc. Eventually down the list you get to lightbulbs, but surely this is nowhere near the use of these other things.
So now were examining whether its feasible for me to replace say 25 bulbs at $3.50/each ($87.50) to save a portion of $45/month? Not only that when the bulbs burn out (and they do) your spending another $3.50 instead of the original $0.50 for the incandescent.
So in order to break-even with my back of the envelope calculations you need to save about $75. Then after that you need to have a
meaningful impact on my electricity bill. That doesn't mean an entire house switched over to save $1-$2/month. That means trimming the bill enough so that I actually notice and care.....