I’m dreaming of a Green Christmas
Posted on October 30, 2007 in the Uncategorized category
Well, as long as there’s snow of course. Let me explain.
Really from Halloween through New Years it’s just one long celebration. Its seems, too, that the focus is on BIG parties, BIG food, BIG trees, and even BIGGER bills. Well why not find a way to reduce how much you spend on electricity this year by checking out LED Christmas tree lights.
I remember last year around this time, we started putting up lights for Halloween. Nothing fancy, just some mood lighting and things to make the place even more spooky than it usually is. Then there was Christmas lighting - strand upon strand of inefficient incandescent lights. Sure it looked great at first but the love affair was short-lived once I got the first electric bill. I couldn’t believe that in just one month my bill jumped nearly 40% because of the lighting.
Regular readers of my blog know that I am not into ridiculous tree-hugging hippie crap. What I don’t understand is the disconnect between being a conservative and wanting to practice conservation. Really folks - it’s the same root word “conserve”. It’s not about politics, it’s about dollars and the fact is that LED string lighting saves 80-90% over your standard incandescent lights. They look just as good or even better and they last much longer.
So does this mean I going to go out next week and start buying up carbon credits and only showering once a month? Not a chance, but during the Christmas season I will have an extra $30-$40 in my pocket at the end of each month, how about you?
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