Changing to an Energy Saving Light Bulb

Whether or not you believe in global warming I don't believe that anyone can dispute that using less energy is a good thing. One very easy way that you can become a little more green is by changing to an energy saving light bulb.

Replacing your old incandescent lights, the regular light bulbs that we all grew up with, and installing compact fluorescent light bulbs (usually referred to as CFL bulbs) in their place can result in some large changes. If you are currently using a 75 watt incandescent bulb then you can replace this with an 18 watt CFL bulb. This means putting out the same amount of light but significantly reducing how much energy you are using.

In fact if every household in America replaced just one light with a CFL bulb then we would be talking about an annual energy savings in the range of 700 million dollars. Saving that much electricity would prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the air each year. That is the equivalent of what is released by 800,000 cars.

So should you run out and replace all of your old bulbs right away? Truth is that it would save you money. An Energy Star approved light can cost anywhere between two and fifteen dollars. At the same time they save you approximately $30 over the life of the bulb.

I would recommend that for starters you just replace the bulbs in your house that are used the most and save the incandescent bulbs that you remove. You can use these bulbs in areas like closets or in the attic where they will rarely be used or are only used for a few minutes every day. This way you get you install your energy saving bulbs where it counts but you aren't wasting the old bulbs by just throwing them out.

One warning that you need to be aware of is that the CFL's do have a small amount of mercury in the light. This is not usually a big concern but if you do happen to break one you are going to want to be careful with the cleanup. There are also some states that require they are taken to a recycling center instead of being thrown out in the garbage.

Magniwork Generator Plans

Copies of the Magniwork generator plans ebooks are selling like crazy right now. Both on the internet and on Ebay. I can see why. After all they are advertising a way for you to generate your own electricity and never have to pay the power company again.

So is it for real or is this just some people trying to make money off of promises that they can't keep. They have some really encouraging videos on their site that sure makes it look like it could be for real.

Initially I thought I was going to go ahead and buy the book and start experimenting myself like I did with the Water4Gas stuff. Unfortunately I am not even going to make it that far on this one. My initial research has already convinced me that there is not even enough here to make it fun to play with.

If you want to know if it is for real then all you have to do is go to ebay and try to buy one. Trust me, if people could build these then they would be all over ebay by now. I know if I could build them then I would certainly start trying to sell them for a profit. Unfortunately all you are going to find is more books for sale and no generators.

If you remember with the HHO fuel stuff you can buy all of the items for that on Ebay. People make them for you and sell them to make a profit on it. This way at least saves you some time while you are finding out that it does not work.

The plans for these generators are apparently difficult enough that people are not even making it that far. I would definitely say do not waste your money buying these books.

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