Earth Sky Stars » conservation http://earthskystars.net/blog blog for earthskystars Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 LED light bulbs are becoming more reasonable … http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/12/03/led-light-bulbs-are-becoming-more-reasonable/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/12/03/led-light-bulbs-are-becoming-more-reasonable/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:18:57 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=60 LED light bulbs continue to advance in output and drop in price. Check out the post at MetaEfficient.com that talks about the new ZetaLux line of LED light bulbs. 60 watts of light for 5 watts of electricity! Hard to beat that comparison. But wait, the article states that one light bulb costs $89.99, you can buy a lot of CFL lamps for that price.

The good news is the price has dropped to $49.99 and a LED will easily outlive an incandescent bulb. Look for more price drops in the future as the technology scales up. The ZetaLux and other LED lamps can be purchased at EarthLED.com.

]]> http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/12/03/led-light-bulbs-are-becoming-more-reasonable/feed/ 1 Replace those old Christmas lights with new LED lights http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/11/30/replace-those-old-christmas-lights-with-new-led-lights/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/11/30/replace-those-old-christmas-lights-with-new-led-lights/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:09:15 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=50 A quick way to save power this Christmas is to ditch your old Christmas lights for new LED lights. The web site http://www.holidayleds.com/ not only sells LED holiday lights, they will take your old ones and recycle them. And if recycling doesn’t make you feel cheerful enough, Holiday LEDS will send you a 15% off coupon for new lights when you recycle the old ones.

Other bonuses: you’ll have more money to pay for Xmas gifts in January (lower power bill) and your new lights will last longer :)

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