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If you were offered an investment with a guaranteed return of 900% a year or 10,000% over its lifetime, with no tax to pay, and which had a positive impact on the world, you would snap it up, right? Well this is the sort of return you can get by installing low energy lighting inside and outside your home.

Let’s look at some of the figures. Energy saving bulbs now cost from around £1 each. If you replace a bulb that you use for around 3 hours a night, then you save about £9 a year on your annual electricity bill. Because they last much longer, according to the Energy Saving Trust each low energy light bulb can save you up to £100 in electricity bills over its lifetime. If you add up all the light bulbs and fittings in your house, this adds up a surprisingly large saving.

Plus the benefits aren’t only financial. Something as simple as using low energy bulbs can have a big impact on your personal contribution to Climate Change, by reducing the carbon dioxide emissions you are responsible for. Each bulb on its own will save up to half a tonne over its lifetime. If you replace 10 old-style bulbs in your house that you use for 2 hours a day with low energy bulbs, you will save around a quarter tonne of carbon dioxide each year.

Finally, low energy light bulbs save you time and effort. Because they last around 10 times longer than normal bulbs, when you switch to low energy bulbs you won’t have to get the ladder out so often to replace bulbs that have blown.

So why isn’t everyone making the change to low energy bulbs? Sadly too many of us are creatures of habit, and just carry on buying the same bad bulbs we always have. But now with the wide range on offer, and recent developments which have made low energy bulbs perform just as well as old-style bulbs, it makes sense to change all your bulbs straight away.

It does take a little effort to make the switch at first. First you have to go round your house and write down a list of the bulbs you currently use – including wattage (60w, 100w etc.), type of fixture (screw, bayonet etc), size and colour (e.g. are they toned?)

Next you have to work out the wattage for a low energy bulb that matches the wattage of your current bulbs (for example a 20 watt low energy bulb gives off the same light as a 100 watt old-style bulb). You can find simple tables that can help you do this on the Internet at sites like downwithco2.com.

Once you have worked out the bulbs you need to buy, you can then go shopping. There are many retailers of low energy bulbs on the Internet, or now they are commonly available in supermarkets or hardware stores.

Plus you can also save a lot of money by installing more energy efficient lighting outdoors. Just a few outdoor lights left on each night can double your household lighting bill and your greenhouse gas emissions. The best solution is to fit daylight and movement sensors so outdoor lights switch on when they’re needed, but don’t waste electricity. This also improves your home’s security, as you can tell when someone is approaching the house.

For outdoor lights that must stay on for long periods, use energy efficient, compact fluorescent or LED lamps and choose the lowest wattage lamp that gives enough light. In the garden, you can now buy solar powered garden lights that use no mains electricity and so produce no emissions when used. Plus you don’t need to wire up your garden to get lighting.

So now you have seen all the benefits of low energy lighting, it really does make sense to make the switch as soon as you can.

Nations from around the world are actively working to raise the awareness of climate change and reduce our massive carbon footprints. One way to combat global warming is by using eco-friendly promotional drink ware. In the production of any item, energy in the form of fuel is needed to power machines and transport goods to stores. It is the hope that once these items are created, they will serve their owners for years to come. However, most bottled waters end up tossed into the garbage pail within minutes or days. The cheap plastic isn’t worth holding on to and the completely non sustainable production and use of them threatens our environment. With the satisfaction of our customers and preservation of our earth in mind, we’ve happily removed all plastic bottled waters from our collection.

In the past ten years plastic bottled waters have become staples of our society. Many people consider them safer then tap water and more convenient for on the go. By popular demand, they remain on shelves packed in bulk. Unfortunately the majority of people choosing these bottles are not doing their research or their fair share of recycling. This cycle of buy, throw out, buy more has led to a continued demand for plastic water bottles and a place to dumb their remains.

Recently many efforts have been made by the government after bring pressed by environmental groups world-wide. Concerns of BPA in plastic water bottles caused panic and called for better water bottle standards. Likewise, avid plastic water bottle users are urged to recycle their bottles to help reduce the massive amounts of pollution. Being more conscientious of bottled water usage is important but the best thing you can do is stop using them altogether.

When you use environmentally friendly sport bottles you reduce your plastic waste and help secure a healthy environment for generations to come. Using promo eco tumblers in your daily life will reduce your carbon foot print and keep hazardous plastics out of our lakes, rives and oceans. Because of the many downsides of plastic water bottles, it’s clear that reusable mugs and cups are superior. However, custom water bottles can stand on their own feet for many reasons.

The principal perk of these bottles is that time and again, owners will use these bottles. Students in the classroom, athletes on the field, businessmen in offices, working-girls on the go – they all love promotional water bottles. 90 percent of Americans have access to a public water system that is regulated, which makes refilling bottles a worry-free breeze. By requiring water system groups to give annual reports, the government is able to oversea the quality of each water supply. With high standards on and easy access to tap water, it makes sense to eliminate plastic bottled water from your life.

When you promote your school or business with promotional water bottles they’ll be proud to join the green movement. Not only will you be providing people with a smart way to refresh themselves throughout the day, but you’ll be reducing everyone’s carbon footprint. In days, people will even see a decrease in expenses once taking back the tap. With the removable of bottled waters from our collection we look forward to a more sustainable future for our business and yours.

This video, the second in the series, looks at alternative hypotheses explaining global warming. I am only looking at alternative hypotheses put forward by real, professional climate researchers, and the findings of real, professional climate researchers who disagree with them. Yes, I’ve left a lot of the detail out. This is a 10-minute video summarizing the arguments and counter-arguments, not a PhD thesis. The comments forum will be free and open, as always, but if you disagree with what …