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Old 02-20-2007, 01:00 AM   #4
robertthebard
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Join Date: March 17, 2001
Location: Wichita, KS USA
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In the article I mentioned in my initial post, the author indicated that changing just three bulbs in every house here, in the US, would shut down 11 power plants. My next logical question then is this; would that happen? Are 11 power plants going to close, and put that many people out of work? So it's conservation at any cost, including the economy? Less people working means less people spending money. Plus, I don't see power plants being shut down for any reason. I don't know if they run them according to a supply/demand type thing, as that answer would suggest, of if they produce x amount of energy per day, period. Just a thought, as I don't know. But I don't think the power plant throws another chunk of coal on the fire, figuratively speaking, just because I turn on a light.
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