ainsworth Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I live in a college town and have expected to take some flak about my display for 2 reasons; the use of electricity and celebrating Christmas. I decided to just listen when it comes to celebrating Christmas , but I wanted a good response to power use attack.Sure enough, a philosophy professor that lives down the street caught me outside yesterday and as expected confronted me with "is it really necessary to cause so much pollution ..." I love it when a plan comes together haha.The professor is a fanatic about his lawn; mows, trims, and edges at least once a week. Of course he uses a gas mower, so I had him.I have a 16 channel setup this year, draws about 12 amps at full power to all lights. Using the DOE website I calculated that I can run my lights at full power 5 hours per day for 32 days and create fewer carbon emissions than he does mowing his lawn once. I suggested that he could make up for my sins by skipping mowing his lawn once this year. I bet he is now at home, looking at the DOE site, trying to figure out what I did wrong in the calculation.Merry Christmas everyone,Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I hope he doesn't know anybody you know that is in his class!!Great comeback, to much research for me, I most likely said something I can not put here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkcubsrule Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 That one made me laugh!Nice job! That's funny...but man...some people just can't get into the Christmas spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 On top of that I would have pulled out my manual push reel mower and asked him if he was doing as much as me to reduce pollution and reduce energy usage. LOL Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 But you're running LOR, so you don't have your lights on most of the time!When I'm not running Christmas lights, I have automatic landscape lighting that comes on from 6:00 to 1:00 AM. Once the lights are up, these are disabled, and I'm running 180,000 LED lights. I use LESS power now than I did before.Read your electric meter before and after your show at night. You might be surprised how 'green' your display actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffF Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Man... maybe I'm just getting to be an ol' grumpy man but this kind of crap just burns me. I mean... I'm from the camp of "live and let live". I really don't care if my neighbor is burning diapers in their fireplace, or lighting up 800,003 incandescent lights, or "disciplining" their children the way they see fit.People should just keep their opinions to themselves imho. Good for you for "learning" him! -Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Great job on that professor! How sweet it is to see an arrogant smart-ass SOB liberal get what he's got coming.It's amazing how dumb some people can be. I've had to educate three different reporters this season regarding electric usage. I love it when they get that confused glaze in their eyes as their tiny little brains try to process how it can possibly cost less than 50 bucks per season for a display that encompasses two yards. I let them hang for a few seconds and then explain to them that the overwhelming majority of my lights spend the overwhelming majority of their time OFF and then I point out that over half are LED's. Then they start to get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I think Bruce should be the USA's man in Copenhagen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I prefer the direct approach.Professor: "How can you cause all that polution"?Me: "Kiss my ass"?Professor: "Well I never..."!Me: "Yes you have, remember last week with the janitor"?Merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 LOL... Robin... You crack me up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Robin wrote: I prefer the direct approach.Professor: "How can you cause all that polution"?Me: "Kiss my ass"?Professor: "Well I never..."!Me: "Yes you have, remember last week with the janitor"?Merry ChristmasEffective and funny at the same time! :dude: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batzdorf Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 your gonna love this!!I have 20,000 mini lights.Heat with wood, oil furnace as a backup.Have one truck that get 12.5 mpgThe wife's Avalanche gets about 16and finally, my tractor is a diesel!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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