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Originally Posted by Zathras
Actually ERD if the Gore house is typical in it's percentage used for lighting (20%) then the savings would be about 15%.
I agree with your base points, just not the exagerated .001%.
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Interesting thread here, I don't mean to side-track, I'll just explain and then go back to listening.
Sorry Zathras, it was meant as an exaggeration, I should have used a smiley-winky.
But not such a big exaggeration, really. Wiki says lighting accounts for 9% of household energy, not 20%. CFLs can only save a percentage of that 9%. The really important part is that the number used in that comparison of Gore's house is for ALL energy usage (not just electrical), including the natural gas to heat the home and pool. It stands to reason that that is where much of the increased energy goes, so CFL energy saving would be an even smaller part of that total.
Sorry for the interruption, carry on.
Back On Topic: most of my yard is a septic field, the wells around here are getting drawn down and are very hard, iron heavy water - not sure I want to rely on that going forward (although I realize the water is being returned). Can they put these geothermal fields in and snake them through septic fields?
-TIA - ERD50
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