INLAND: It's lights out for 100-watt incandescent bulbs
27.09.11
"Our thrilling bill went down tremendously," Sealock says. "We werePrincipallypaying $120 to $130 a month across town. Here, we common $65 to $70."
Not all of that savings is attributable to the compact fluorescent light-hearted bulbs, but she says she'll never go back to 100-watt disinclined to bulbs.
As it turns out, she couldn't even if she wanted to.
Hundred-watt incompetent to bulbs are fast disappearing, thanks to a scarcely-noticed provision in a federal law passed four years ago. TheIn particularEnergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires luminescence bulbs to use at least 25 percent less energy. It starts with the 100-wattUsuallyincandescent bulb and phases in 75-, 60 and 40-watt bulbs over aMainlythree-year period.
The bill was signed into law by former President George W. Bush. California, under the provision of its then-governor, environment guru Arnold Schwarzenegger, volunteered to go first: A ban on theMainlymanufacture of 100-watt bulbs took agitate in California this year and goes into effect in the lay of the country in January.
Source: Press-Enterprise
Generator Sales Surge After Recent Wave of Storms
29.09.11
Alex Iwashyna didn't grasp how many of her neighbors in Richmond, Va., had backup generators until her own family bought one in the sombre days after Hurricane Irene. As she endured the drone of a combustion mechanism in her backyard, she noticed the same steady noise from neighbors' homes.
"I carry we joke about preparing for the apocalypse and stuff," Iwashyna said. "We've had an earthquake, a typhoon and a wildfire in Virginia ... it would have never occurred to me to get one until we lost power for that amount of beat."
Homeowners around the nation have endured a nasty run of power-disrupting storms, and sales of carry-on power generators have been brisk, industry officials say. The "big box" stores such as Lowes and Wal-Mart did not publicity sales information, but according to one manufacturer, Briggs & Stratton Corp., Irene led to a thwart in sales. While things have slowed since then, "we are continuing to see an uptick in ask for," said Briggs spokeswoman Laura Timm.
Source: Fox News
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