Re: nuclear power, titles of topics:

[Rick Tarara <rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM>]

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From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>

> One to occasionally put my behavior where my mouth is:    Two years ago
all of
> our lamps were incandescent including two 500 W behemoth floor lamps only
Gate
> Keeper used (a mogul 200 + 300 and a 500 SiHa).  Now all but two (outside
> controlled by a motion detector) are compact fluorescents.   PG&E (prodded
by
> the state) conveniently includes the report of the energy consumption
(this is
> English) for the gas (Therms) and electricity (kWh) for the previous
year's
> month.  Except for a month or two since it has been less than half!   I
plead
> the fifth on how we reduced the gas consumption --  I also haven't fixed
the
> hot tub ,   yet.   It's outrageous that our PG& E bill is half our 'phone
bill.
>

The first compact fluorescent I bought cost about $15.  While trying to
install it in the lamp that we have come on automatically at night, I
dropped the damn thing and broke it.  All the supposed monetary advantages
of switching dissappeared in a split second.  Took a number of years before
I tried again.  We now have several, but unfortunately the house is designed
with lots of dimmable 75 Watt flood lamps for which efficient replacements
are not available.

;-(

Rick