How Many Are Changing Their Incandescent Lamps to CFLs?

What It has been proven that lighting is responsible for the consumption of 22% of all of the electricity produced in the US.  The energy consumed by lighting can be drastically reduced by something as simple as changing out at least five highly used incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps.  This simple change will save you money and help the growing fight to save our Earth. 

www.OneBillionBulbs.com  This energy savings calculator will help you determine how much money you can save when replacing incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps.  The energy savings calculator will also help you see how much green house gas emissions are not added to our atmosphere because of the change you have made. 

What are Greenhouse Gases?

Greenhouse Gases help sunlight enter our atmosphere freely.  When the sunlight hits the Earth’s surface, some of that light and heat is reflected back towards space. Greenhouse gases absorb this light and heat and trap it in the atmosphere.  The amount of energy sent from the sun to the Earth’s surface should be about the same as the amount of energy radiated back into space, leaving the temperature of the Earth’s surface roughly constant. 

This is not the case when there are too many greenhouse gases present in the ozone layer.  An over abundance of these gases are causing the current "Greenhouse Effect" that is responsible for the warming trend being felt all over world.  The longer this trend continues the hotter our climate will get.  Hotter temps mean the melting of the polar ice caps which means the elevation of our oceans.  Yep say good bye to that beach side property in Florida. 

Everyone has the ability to make a few simple lamp replacements and if almost every makes these changes than the world will be a cooler place.  And you can keep the beach front property.

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