Common Folk Collective » energy http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Energy Savings http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/11/energy-savings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-savings http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/11/energy-savings/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:07:09 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=2332 The oil platform explosion makes we wonder why I can get a new light bulb (LED) that uses about 1/10th the energy, lasts 40 times as long and over the long term costs about 1/4 of the price of old light bulb (incandescent) but a car’s fuel economy has barely doubled?

I also wonder why the electric companies have great incentives and encourage you to save electricity, think of all of the rebates for energy efficient appliances, yet the best a gas station can do is give you a few cent discount on gas if you use their credit card.

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