NSM wrote:

"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
...


Well, maybe.

But consider: Replacing how many 100 W incandescent lamps used 6 hours
a day with 25 W equivalent brightness compact fluorescents will it take
to same more energy than used by all those appliances in the house with
standby modes?


When my grandmother got her first color TV (all tube) I modified it so the
tube heaters stayed on all the time. Never took the back off until we
swapped it out for a new model many years later.

Hi...

Do both! Let's save a little of the world's resources
for the next generations. Or at least as much as possible.

As for those tube filaments, back in those good old days
there were no concerns about non-renewable resources, hydro
was virtually free, and we concerned ourselves not a whit
about the environment.

Still, one of the first sets I bought (Rca, I think) left
the filaments on half voltage while the set was turned off.
They called it "instant on". Yet there was a holiday
switch on the back that shut it down completely.

Take care.

Ken