[NatureNS] Re: Suzuki on power

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http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/climate-change/science/energy/en=
ergy-efficient-lighting/
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http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/reduce-your-carbon-footprint/cut=
-your-energy-use/
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  On the note of one bulb being changed in the second link...=C2=A0In the 
Quest show is stated that if one blub was changed in every USA home if 
would save 4-6 nuclear power plants
  =C2=A0
  I=C2=A0like David Suzuki, one very credible man. 
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On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:29:51 -0400, David & Alison Webster  wrote:

         Hi Darrell,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Jan 4, 2015
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 That factoid sounds like a mythoid to me.=C2=A0If some=
one were 
foolish enough to leave all lights on day and night,=C2=A0that might be 
possible. Or alternatively had neither electric range, nor toaster 
ovens, toaster, clothes washer, clothes=C2=A0drier=C2=A0or any other electr=
ical 
appliances. 
  =C2=A0
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Light bulbs, when turned off, use no power so much dep=
ends on 
style of useage. 
  =C2=A0
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 And that factoid is loosely worded. Is that 20% of pow=
er used 
in households or 20% of power used in all settings as the wording 
implies ?
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Drawing on memory, I understand that Al Gore, of incon=
venient 
truth fame, uses 26 times=C2=A0as much power in his house as does the 
average American family and that he receives $1.00 for every compact 
fluorescent bulb sold. 
  =C2=A0
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 The recently constructed White Point Lodge had a light=
 fixture 
get hot enough to smoke and trigger (an evacuation ?) and a call to the 
fire department. I would expect that was a new improved light source; 
improved in the sense that few companies have the right to make them. 
  =C2=A0
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I checked my estimate of light usage and found an erro=
r. There 
has been much other traffic recently so it got set aside. Our estimated 
power usage for light was=C2=A0468 kW h/yr; 5.6 % of power used in the 
average household in 2007 and ~10% of our average power usage over 30 
years (4847.5 kW h/yr). 
  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Recent average figures released by NS Power for househ=
olds are 
misleading because cottages are included. 
  =C2=A0
  Yt, DW, Kentville

        ----- Original Message -----
  From: darrell@abolitphotos.ca
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
  Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 8:21 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] Re: smithsonian on power
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  Concerning lights and power usage... 
  =C2=A0
  On the Smithsonian Channel tonight there was a show called Quest. The 
topic was=C2=A0on future power, smart power etc. 
  =C2=A0
  One factoid was that in the USA, 20% of power usage is from household lig=
hts
  =C2=A0
  =C2=A0Home Hardware has an LED on for $7 this week, see flyer. I plan on 
doing my part. 
  =C2=A0

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<p>http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/climate-change/science/energy=
/energy-efficient-lighting/</p>
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<p>http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/reduce-your-carbon-footprint/=
cut-your-energy-use/</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
<p>On the note of one bulb being changed in the second link...=C2=A0In the =
Quest
show is stated that if one blub was changed in every USA home if would save=
 4-6
nuclear power plants</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
<p>I=C2=A0like David Suzuki, one very credible man.</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
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<p><br><br>On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:29:51 -0400, David &amp; Alison Webster
&lt;dwebster@glinx.com&gt; wrote:</p>
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<div>Hi Darrell,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =
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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Jan 4, 2015</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 That factoid sounds like a mythoid to me.=C2=A0If s=
omeone were foolish
enough to leave all lights on day and night,=C2=A0that might be possible. O=
r
alternatively had neither electric range, nor toaster ovens, toaster, cloth=
es
washer, clothes=C2=A0drier=C2=A0or any other electrical appliances.</div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Light bulbs, when turned off, use no power so much =
depends on style
of useage.</div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 And that factoid is loosely worded. Is that 20% of =
power used in
households or 20% of power used in all settings as the wording implies ?</d=
iv>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Drawing on memory, I understand that Al Gore, of in=
convenient truth
fame, uses 26 times=C2=A0as much power in his house as does the average Ame=
rican
family and that he receives $1.00 for every compact fluorescent bulb sold.<=
/div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 The recently constructed White Point Lodge had a li=
ght fixture get
hot enough to smoke and trigger (an evacuation ?) and a call to the fire
department. I would expect that was a new improved light source; improved i=
n the
sense that few companies have the right to make them.</div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I checked my estimate of light usage and found an e=
rror. There has
been much other traffic recently so it got set aside. Our estimated power u=
sage
for light was=C2=A0468 kW h/yr; 5.6 % of power used in the average househol=
d in 2007
and ~10% of our average power usage over 30 years (4847.5 kW h/yr).</div>
<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Recent average figures released by NS Power for hou=
seholds are
misleading because cottages are included.</div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div>Yt, DW, Kentville</div>
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<div style=3D"font: 10pt arial;">Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 8:21 PM</di=
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<div style=3D"font: 10pt arial;">Subject: [NatureNS] Re: smithsonian on
power</div>
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<p>Concerning lights and power usage...</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
<p>On the Smithsonian Channel tonight there was a show called Quest. The to=
pic
was=C2=A0on future power, smart power etc.</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
<p>One factoid was that in the USA, 20% of power usage is from household
lights</p>
<p>=C2=A0</p>
<p>=C2=A0Home Hardware has an LED on for $7 this week, see flyer. I plan on=
 doing my
part.</p>
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