Facts About Lighting
Lighting accounts for 20-25% of all electricity used in United States
- A standard 60 watt incandescent light bulb costing 50 cent to buy, will use, on the average, $4.50 in electricity by the time it burns out!
- By the time you have used 13 bulbs, you will have spent an average of $65 in bulb and electricity cost!
- When we generate electricity, our power plants generate pollutants and nuclear waste. Over the 750 hour life of a standard 60 watt incandescent light bulb, it will contribute to our air pollution problems by adding 67 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 112 grams of nitrogen oxides, or 8 milligrams of plutonium waste.
- Since compact fluorescent bulbs use less energy to operate, they place less demand on the power companies, and help reduce plant pollution and waste. A singe 13 watt Good Earth Lighting fixture over it's 10,000 hour life can save the following when compared to an ordinary 60 watt incandescent fixture:
- 400 pounds of coal, 1200 pounds of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming and …16 pounds of acid rain production emissions, 25 milligrams of plutonium waste if your energy source is nuclear.
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