DIYbanter - View Single Post - CFLs vs LEDs vs incandescents: round 1,538

dpb

wrote:
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and say 100 million homes.... and if we save just ONE
watt in the fridge bulb.... that is 100 million watts
saved!!

Only for the minute fractional portion of time the bulb is actually on
which is, indeed, a quite small fraction--say 5 minutes would be
extremely high value for a day. 5min/24hr--0.35% -- your optimism
gets down to where it's only something otoo 350 kW which wouldn't even
be detectable in the overall grid.

Conservation is fine but some things are so minuscule as to be unworthy
of fooling with or worrying over.

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