Comments on: Go Green: Saving Money and Energy This Winter http://www.quizzle.com/blog/2009/12/go-green-saving-money-and-energy-this-winter/ Personal Finance Tips and Tricks Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:49:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DJ http://www.quizzle.com/blog/2009/12/go-green-saving-money-and-energy-this-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-811 DJ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:43:24 +0000 http://blog.quizzle.com/?p=598#comment-811 Great post but as Joe suggested, any energy saving investment needs to be carefully examined. Estimate how many Christmas lights you use and examine utility bills from previous years to come up with an accurate figure. I did a similar post, but left out LED christmas lights which could be a very source of saving energy. It can be found here: http://www.mymoneypower.com/blog/green-energy/20-ways-to-reduce-your-winter-energy-bill/ :) Great post but as Joe suggested, any energy saving investment needs to be carefully examined. Estimate how many Christmas lights you use and examine utility bills from previous years to come up with an accurate figure. I did a similar post, but left out LED christmas lights which could be a very source of saving energy. It can be found here: http://www.mymoneypower.com/blog/green-energy/20-ways-to-reduce-your-winter-energy-bill/ :)

]]> By: Joe http://www.quizzle.com/blog/2009/12/go-green-saving-money-and-energy-this-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Joe Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:47:50 +0000 http://blog.quizzle.com/?p=598#comment-810 LED lights do use less energy than incandescent bulbs, which saves money on energy use but they are not always cost effective. I almost bought LED lights last year, but stopped to do the math. In the end, it simply wasn't worth the extra money for the LED lights, since it would take years of use to make up for the price difference. You can read all about my experience here, if you are so inclined: http://simpledebtfreefinance.com/are-led-christmas-lights-really-more-cost-effective/ LED lights do use less energy than incandescent bulbs, which saves money on energy use but they are not always cost effective.

I almost bought LED lights last year, but stopped to do the math. In the end, it simply wasn’t worth the extra money for the LED lights, since it would take years of use to make up for the price difference.

You can read all about my experience here, if you are so inclined:

http://simpledebtfreefinance.com/are-led-christmas-lights-really-more-cost-effective/

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