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Home Electricity Use in US Falling to 2001 Levels - ABC News
In the early 2000s, as energy prices rose, more states adopted or toughened building codes to force builders to better seal homes so heat or air-conditioned air doesn't seep out so fast. That means newer homes waste less energy.
Big appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners have gotten more efficient thanks to federal energy standards that get stricter ever few years as technology evolves.
Those incandescent light bulbs are being replaced with compact fluorescent bulbs and LEDs that use 70 to 80 percent less power. According to the Energy Department, widespread use of LED bulbs could save output equivalent to that of 44 large power plants by 2027.
The Energy Department predicts average residential electricity use per customer will fall again in 2014, by 1 percent.
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This is what happens when you don't listen to Republicans. How dare they take away our light bulbs. How dare they give us more government standards and regulations.
You have to force feed them. There is no other way. They talk about "fiscal responsibility" and then fight taking even a tiny bit of responsibility on anything. I guess they are too worried about being "free". Too bad nothing is "free".
In the early 2000s, as energy prices rose, more states adopted or toughened building codes to force builders to better seal homes so heat or air-conditioned air doesn't seep out so fast. That means newer homes waste less energy.
Big appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners have gotten more efficient thanks to federal energy standards that get stricter ever few years as technology evolves.
Those incandescent light bulbs are being replaced with compact fluorescent bulbs and LEDs that use 70 to 80 percent less power. According to the Energy Department, widespread use of LED bulbs could save output equivalent to that of 44 large power plants by 2027.
The Energy Department predicts average residential electricity use per customer will fall again in 2014, by 1 percent.
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This is what happens when you don't listen to Republicans. How dare they take away our light bulbs. How dare they give us more government standards and regulations.
You have to force feed them. There is no other way. They talk about "fiscal responsibility" and then fight taking even a tiny bit of responsibility on anything. I guess they are too worried about being "free". Too bad nothing is "free".