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Tip #2, Change your bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs." If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars." www.energystar.gov CFL's use less electricity so consider this. Add up the number of regular incandescent light bulbs in your home and multiply it by at the very least $30.00, that is what you would at a minimum save over the life of the bulb. The upfront cost is higher but every light doesn't need to be changed tomorrow. Go one room per month and you will be surprised at the savings you see by the end of the year. Here is a link that will take you to the Popular Mechanics website. They tested different types of CFL's. Popular Mechanics Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Test.
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