How to Lower Your Electric Bill With Energy Efficient Lighting
Sep 19, 2009 Save Money
Are you looking for a bright idea to save money, save energy, and join the green revolution? Then look no further than your nearest light fixture!
Its probably still using the traditional incandescent bulbs invented over 100 years ago by Edison. Unfortunately, those bulbs are only using 10% of the energy consumed for lighting. That’s right … 90% of the energy consumed is wasted!
It’s time to step up to the future. Compact fluorescent bulbs and light at meeting diode bulbs are superior in almost every way. They are more efficient by a long margin and therefore save you money while reducing carbon emissions.
Here are some of the benefits and attributes of compact fluorescent light bulbs:
1. Anywhere a standard bulb will fit, works for these new compact for fluorescent bulbs
2. They are suitable for indoor or outdoor use.
3. You can find these bulbs in all familiar shapes — candelabra, vanity, globe, floodlight, and standard.
4. These bulbs can also be found at various brightnesses and colors including natural daylight and incandescent glow.
5. CFLs use approximately 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
6. You pay a bit more for compact fluorescent bulbs initially but they last much longer (up to 10 times).
7. These bulbs are manufactured by the biggest companies in the business including Sylvania, Westinghouse, Phillips and GE.
Another alternative is light-emitting diode bulbs:
1. Light emitting diode bulbs last approximately 100 times longer than standard incandescent bulbs.
2. LEDs are 1000% more efficient than incandescent bulbs. That’s 10 times more efficient.
3. Because LEDs are so energy-efficient they are ideal for flashlights, camping lights, and other battery-powered lights.
4. They are also suitable for reading lights, nightlights, track lighting, refrigerator lights, spa or pool lights, or Christmas lights.
The difference it would make countrywide in our energy usage and carbon emissions, if we all switched to compact fluorescent or light admitting diodes would be profound. Not only that but our energy budgets would see big-time savings.
You can find CFLs or LEDs at your local retailer, or they can be purchased online at www.bulbs.com.
Al Arbuckel enjoys writing helpful and informative articles for the internet community about saving energy and money at home. If you appreciated this article you might also like reading about the energy saving opportunities with tankless gas hot water heaters and the propane water heater on websites he has developed.
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A Few Easy Steps to Save Cash Buying a Car or RV
Sep 4, 2009 Save Money
If you are like most consumers in hard economic times, you may be looking for ways to save money on the purchase of your next RV or Vehicle. We hope the 4 tips in this article help you save a bundle on your next vehicle purchase.
I like to save with what I call loss leaders. 2 of the last 3 cars I have bout brand new have been loss leaders. This is the car everyone sees advertised on the front page of the newspaper, but when you call, it is always gone. If you just make friend with a few of the sales people, you can usually show up and buy this car a day before the ad goes out in the newspaper. This can allow you to buy 30 to 40% below MSRP. I bought a brand new Chevy Silverado this way for $11,500, when the MSRP was almost $19,000.
Negotiate price fiercely as well and the amount of your trade in. Never negotiate on the basis of a monthly payment. (You should be paying cash anyway.) Often dealers use a low monthly to hide the fact that the vehicle is overpriced or that they are giving you nothing for your trade in so be careful.
Want to save 30 to 50% on the total price you pay for the car or RV, then the easiest way to do this is to pay cash. The benefit to paying cash is that it forces you to buy on the car you can afford. Also after buying it, you can start saving your monthly payment and thus have your interest working for your money instead of against it for the next 5 years. It is amazing that you can eventually use this technique to get a Cadillac for the price of a KIA.
Shop and compare pricing before you buy. It is relatively easy to find a great deal online. See if you can use this on a local level to leverage a lower sales price on the purchase or your next car, truck, or RV. If you choose, you can even save money buying online because these dealerships have a smaller overhead and can offer you very competitively priced models.
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