Saving Money With Compact Florescents

I'm going to start off with my first real blog post about how you can save money by replacing your incandescent bulbs with compact florescent bulbs. This is one of the easiest and cheapest way to save energy and money. While the initial cost of a bulb is more, they last 10 times longer and use 75 percent less energy. The savings in electricity alone can be $30 or more during the life of one bulb, and the price of the bulbs keeps coming down. Many major retailers are selling 3 packs for around $6.99 and electricity suppliers often sell them to customers at a discount as well. If every household in the United States replaced just one bulb we would save $600 million in energy costs and reduce pollution by the amount of 800,000 cars. In addition, if we cut demand on energy, the prices should go down, saving more money. While it might be expensive to change your entire house at once, you can reduce the hit on your wallet by changing over as bulbs burn out. Think of the energy savings from multiple bulbs over multiple years, thats a lot!