Daily Value Investments: CFLs

This section of my blog is about Daily Value Investments. In this section, I will try to find daily value investments which could mean savings for consumers without reducing the quality of the product or their standard of living.

One of the most appropriate examples that we can find in daily value investments is CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). This kind of light bulbs has a higher price than standard light bulbs, but, as you can conclude after reading this article, they are a long-term better option.

The main characteristic of this kind of light bulbs is that, while standard light bulbs only use 5% of the energy that they consume in illumination (because the other 95% is transformed in heat), CLFs transform almost all the energy in illumination without wasting energy.

This means a reduction in energy consumption. Thanks to this king of light bulbs we can save as much as 80% in the energy bill with more and better light, as they last between 6 and 10 times more than standard light bulbs.

Therefore, despite the price of CFLs is considerably higher than traditional light bulbs, they are much economic, since their low energy consumption pays for itself in the long run.

Moreover, this energy saving which is good for our bank account, it is also good for the environment, since CFLs help to reduce energy consumption and, hence, they help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.

This analysis of the long-term savings of using CFLs is also valid to other articles, such as electrical appliances. Before buying a new electrical appliance, he must take into account its energy consumption as I could be most cost-effective in the long-term to buy a more expensive electrical appliance with lower energy consumption.

If you want to calculate the saving on the energy bill and in CO2 emissions after changing from standard light bulbs to CFLs, you can do it easily in this website.

In conclusion, the intelligent investor will buy CFLs because they are a better long-term investment to their bank account and to the natural environment.

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