So why exactly are more people choosing green living today over any other way? Well there are a lot of reasons; as many as there are people who have chosen this lifestyle. However, even with all of the variables there are some consistencies which allow one to rationalize green living into two distinct classifications of people.

The first group of people who have chosen to live greener lives, are those who feel as if they need to do their part in order to help the enviroment. No, we are not just talkling about a reduction of waste, but a lot of variables. For example, a home which is green, will use less energy and also loose less energy on a daily basis. While in the country this may not be as important, inside the city limits this can lead to a dramatic decrease in the temperature of the city; a common effect of urbanization known as a heat island. But most of all, it lowers their monthly expenses for the most part because they are able to get their own energy and save on the energy they get from other sources.

In the second group though, you have people who have mixed feelings about the enviroment. Some of them want to do their part while others do not really care. The one thin that they have in common though is that they all want to save money every single month. It is no myth that choosing to live a greener life will in fact save you money. By choosing to make use of compact flourescent bulbs you are reducing your electricity bill as well as the heat inside your home. This further reduces your electric bill because you do not need to run the air conditioner for as long as you would if you used incandescent bulbs.

Either way that you choose to look at it, there are many more benefits associated with choosing a greener living then from choosing the traditional way. Most people are simply amazed at the differences.

Take the standard light bulb for example. When you screw in a 60 watt incandescent light bulb, that bulb will use almost 1.5 kilowatts if left on for 24 hours. That’s 1.5 kilowatts of wasted electricity every 24 hours of use. These old designs make use of a tungsten filament which lights up to several thousand degrees; they are more efficient at creating heat then they are at creating light. A compact flourescent bulb will usually use 1/3 of the power in a given time period, and give more then twice the ambient lighting in a room over the traditional incandescent light bulb. This leaves the room feeling cooler and better lit.

However, there are the disadvantages associated with living greener and that is the initial costs. An incandescent bulb can cost as little as $0.25 per bulb, whereas a compact flourescent bulb may cost as much as $10 per bulb. So how are the savings actually translated? Well that’s also a simple problem to solve. If that incandescent bulb is chewing through $0.50 a day in electricity and only has a lifespan of a couple months, then by the time it burns out, you will have spent more then the cost of the compact flourescent light bulb. Now take into account that the compact flourescent bulb has a life span of more then a year and you can easily see where the savings are; you can save almost 10 times the cost of the bulb, per bulb that you replace in your home over the course of one year. And that does not even take into account the extra costs of cooling your home when running the incandescent bulbs.