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The post you addressed is using $.10 per kW/h. The average is about $.12 an hour. By the time your grandchildren have their own place it will likely be much higher and the cost of lighting like LEDs or maybe even something like OLED will be much cheaper. The incentives for them to use incandescents will be none as in zero. The cost of still using incandescents to light their home will likely be in the tens of thousands of dollars. That's a lot of money for food and they're going to need it with 9+ billion people on the planet.
Saw current price of incandescent Replacement, Halogen bulbs at Walmart tonight.
$4.67 for a 4 pack of 75 Watt LB's.
That stings a low budget person. But, I smiled as I walked away....Thankful and Blessed I could stock up a few weeks ago on 4 packs of regular incandescent 75 Watt bulbs for $1.25 a 4 pack
Got 16 bulbs for the price other folks having to pay for 4 Stinking high priced Halogen bulbs.
Yeah, it's a dirty, rotten SHAME people are having to pay High power bills and a fortune for light bulbs too.
Saw current price of incandescent Replacement, Halogen bulbs at Walmart tonight.
$4.67 for a 4 pack of 75 Watt LB's.
That stings a low budget person. But, I smiled as I walked away....Thankful and Blessed I could stock up a few weeks ago on 4 packs of regular incandescent 75 Watt bulbs for $1.25 a 4 pack
Got 16 bulbs for the price other folks having to pay for 4 Stinking high priced Halogen bulbs.
Yeah, it's a dirty, rotten SHAME people are having to pay High power bills and a fortune for light bulbs too.
And how long does that halogen bulb last compared to the obsolete incandescent light bulb?
The post you addressed is using $.10 per kW/h. The average is about $.12 an hour. By the time your grandchildren have their own place it will likely be much higher and the cost of lighting like LEDs or maybe even something like OLED will be much cheaper. The incentives for them to use incandescents will be none as in zero. The cost of still using incandescents to light their home will likely be in the tens of thousands of dollars. That's a lot of money for food and they're going to need it with 9+ billion people on the planet.
not worried about the price of electricity. I plan on not using public utilities by that time and use very little electricity now. solar power is a nice item to have on ones home.
The post you addressed is using $.10 per kW/h. The average is about $.12 an hour. By the time your grandchildren have their own place it will likely be much higher and the cost of lighting like LEDs or maybe even something like OLED will be much cheaper. The incentives for them to use incandescents will be none as in zero. The cost of still using incandescents to light their home will likely be in the tens of thousands of dollars. That's a lot of money for food and they're going to need it with 9+ billion people on the planet.
And if that's the case the people will make the change all on their own just the same as no one is using oil lights and candles today. Nobody had to ban those items to get people to switch.
Using halogens you would save $2.80 over 1000 hours of use. Halogen cost is around $2.50 so you still save about $0.60 over bulb life...generally under a year.
Solar cost about $4.00 per watt installed. So for each incandescent that you will run the cost of your array goes up about $320. That is the reason off grid people pay for LED bulbs.
And the edison bulb lovers may partially get your way. The new funding bill bans funding the enforcement of the light bulb regulations. It is however possible that the manufacturing will still cease.
And the edison bulb lovers may partially get your way. The new funding bill bans funding the enforcement of the light bulb regulations. It is however possible that the manufacturing will still cease.
haha...that answers the question I had when I saw they had Suddenly put out more 60 Watt incandescent bulbs back on the shelves at Walmart last night, after they had removed them all on the 1st of the year.
And the 60 Watt incandescent bulbs were back at 'old bargain' price => $1.00 for a 4 pack. Yaaaaay
not worried about the price of electricity. I plan on not using public utilities by that time and use very little electricity now. solar power is a nice item to have on ones home.
If you're off-grid, I'd be doing anything I could to bring down my energy consumption in my house and buying LEDs instead. The reason being simple: You have a direct need to buy more infrastructure if you're drawing more power, and that costs massive $$$. You'll need more batteries, more panels, etc.
It'd be insane to spend large sums of money on having to go with a larger solar/battery array because you're clinging to incandescents. For you, efficient lighting pays for itself immediately, you need to buy less infrastructure to live your lifestyle.
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