How Much Fuel Does it Take to Power a Lightbulb for a Year

I found this via TreeHugger, but it comes from GOOD. Both of them are interesting sites on the whole. I suppose somebody would say you need to have a liberal bent, but I didn't say "drink the Kool Aid" I just think it is an interesting read.

Well, "good" isn't what I'd call this graphic. Who runs anything all day every day in 2010? If they are, let's get the pitchforks. Or, let's legislate tiered energy ( or colloquially "power") bills instead of stuffing the CFL down the throat of the populace who doesn't want it. Smart or not, if the consumer won't take it, then move on ... next idea. We have conglomerate energy companies that have data. We can figure "subsistence energy use pretty easy". From there, why isn't the first tier all but free (because we are pretty much a bunch of socialists as it is) and the second tier takes you to $500 per month?

Seriously. Precious little gets the consumer to adopt intelligent technology (beyond the cool factor of smartphones and iPads ... and over-priced gadgety cars) more than hitting the ol' pocketbook. If you want to put a 100W incandescent "bulb" in every screw shell, knock yourself out. Leave them on all day and night ... but your energy bill will be $1000 you big fat jerk.

The second thought is why we don't legislate controls in residential construction. a wall-mount occupancy sensor is what, $25? How is it not clear to policy makers that focusing on the lamp is not the solution to our energy issues? But, look how long it took for commercial energy codes to force controls.

Then, we have the Lafayette, CO inspector who flat out says he doesn't have time even look at energy code or lighting because he is too busy worrying about life safety ... because we have massive fires that kills hundreds every day? That is another post.