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ALMOST AS GOOD AS DEALING

I have a sure fire method of money making that can give returns of
over 100% a year. And the money is tax free. Further, this method is
entirely legal and encouraged by our government. Now I'm sure by now
you are thinking that there is no such animal short of drug dealing
and we all know that is not encouraged by our government.

The answer to your question is energy conservation. Not the freeze in
the winter and swelter in the summer kind of conservation but the all
American nearly effortless kind. The secret is light bulbs. Replace
your old incandescent lights with the latest compact florescent bulbs.
These bulbs have been undergoing a revolution in design over the last
few years. They are now small enough to fit in a socket formerly
occupied by an incandescent bulb.

These bulbs can be up to four times as efficient in producing light as
an incandescent bulb. In addition they do not have the harsh color
associated with regular florescents. The power savings come not only
because of increased efficiency but also because of reduced load on
your air conditioning in the summer. In terms of gross power
consumption in the USA it was estimated by the DOE in 1993 that
replacing all the residential incandescents with compact florescents
would reduce the power consumption for home lighting by 2/3. A direct
savings of almost 60 billion kilowatt hours. The DOE www site with
more information on this topic is:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/lit-type.html

The return on your investment will depend on a number of things. The
cost of your compact florescent ($8.95 ) versus and ordinary light
bulb ($.40), the cost of electricity ($.06 per KWH), the life of the
florescent (10,000 hours) vs the incandescent (1,000 hours), the hours
of use per day (eleven) and the wattage of the bulb replaced (60W).
Given all these factors and the compact florescent's 15W power
consumption the return on investment is on the order of 120 per cent.
This doesn't even count the time saved by giving up nine bulb changes
over the life of the compact florescent bulb, or the fact that I have
seen the circular type bulb for as little as $6.75 and a true compact
florescent for as little as $6.99. Even if you use the light only four
hours a day the returns would be on the order of 25 to 30 percent. A
rate no money market fund has ever paid. In addition you don't need to
replace all your lights at once for the savings to begin. Start with
the lights that are on most of the time (usually night lights) and go
from there. A good article on the investment returns of energy saving
and producing devices including hybrid cars by Andy Kerr can be found
in issue #86 of Home Power Magazine. The article can be viewed at:

http://www.homepower.com/

M. L. Simon is an industrial controls designer and an independent
political activist.