Comments on: Get Your Green On–13 Energy (and Money) Saving Gadgets

By: Keep My IP » The Bottled Water Industry is Out of Control

Keep My IP » The Bottled Water Industry is Out of Control — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:08:18 +0000

[...] is no doubt that the production of bottled water is damaging the environment, and helping certain multinationals to become more profitable. Funny enough, it has not been proven [...]

By: Sieuwerd

Sieuwerd — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:18:09 +0000

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By: DR

DR — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:02:30 +0000

CFL bulbs do have traces of mercury. The technology has reduced the amount considerably. I do think LEDs are the future, but CFLs are here to stay for the foreseeable future. If they don’t break, the mercury is not an issue, which is why we only use them in places where the risk of breaking is minimal.

By: david

david — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:22:52 +0000

josh is right, CFL’S have traces of mercury in them and that’s not good for the environment at all…even though it says it right on the packaging, they kinda don’t advertise that. LED is certainly the way to go. And as far as that PUR 2 stage unit leaving “benifiting fluoride,” I’d rather not have that in my water thank you very much. Flouride is ment for toothpaste, not drinking, its considered a toxic chemical by yhe FDA if I recall correctly, I guess just google search that.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:52:54 +0000

Author and editor, please look up the definition of “factoid.” You discredit yourselves buy labeling what should really be side notes or parentheticals as spurious made up statements designed to appears as fact.

By: DR

DR — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:53:57 +0000

Josh, thanks for the tip. I checked out the Pharox led bulb and CREE MR16 bulb on Amazon, and they both seem like good options.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:33:41 +0000

CFLs are a nice step but with the US throuwing away 5 million light bulbs a day into land fill and with CFLs having traces of mercury, we are all better off using LEDs. They last up to 10-50 times longer and do not contain mercury. 5 million bulbs a DAY is alot of trash that makes this planet LESS green than if you were using a LED. Prices are problem though, best prices I have found were on Amazon and a site called eaglelight.com. Check out the ‘Pharox’ and the cree MR16 bulbs. If you really want to be green, think beyond your pocket book if you can.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:36:04 +0000

LOL- I don’t know if the Tesla is exactly a money saver, but it sure is cool! Great tips– I’ve never even heard of some of these things before. I’m pretty new to the whole green movement, but I read a post on one of the PF blogs I read regularly (maybe Wisebread?) about a new website called Shift Your Habit that makes suggestions like these on a daily basis. It’s really helpful and, like your tips, shows us all great ways that we can use a “power of small” type approach to really make a difference in our environment (and save a few bucks, too).

By: Betsy Bargain

Betsy Bargain — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:39:07 +0000

I like the CFL bulbs, and I have seen significant energy savings from them, but their mercury content makes me nervous. Be sure to bring them to Home Depot or IKEA for recycling.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:00:35 +0000

If it gives off heat, it’s using too much energy: the dishwasher heated dryer, the clothes dryer, ect. We’ve seen tremendous savings in our energy bill just by eliminating these two energy hogs.