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02ztsian,Mar 29 2008, 06:43 PM Wrote:Who cares. I pay for the amount of electricity I use, or water or natural gas or unleaded premium or whatever. If I choose to "conserve energy" it's to pay less money, not save the Brazilian albino pandas or whatever the f*ck David Suzuki tells me I am killing by not having a cat on my car. If I want to water my lawn 24/7 who cares? I pay for it and it's not like the water is disappearing. It all eventually makes it way back into the ecosystem anyway. So there. Turn off your lights and pat yourself on the back. Feel better?
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You come off sounding ignorant. I don't think anyone should use anything excessively just because they can. There isn't much usable water on the planet either. Lots of water, but not lots that's usable. Much of it needs to be processed for us to drink, which again, uses more energy. Water should cost more.

Also, in regard to this whole turn your lights off thing...

IIRC, a 60 watt light bulb emits something like 6 watts of light and the remaining 54 watts is heat. Not very efficient. However, a candle is worse. A candle uses perhaps 60 watts of chemical energy, but emits only 3 watts of light.

I have no idea how this equates into production of either and if it ends up being better which way. But just some numbers for you.