nPosted on September 18, 2017
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nWe are celebrating ceiling fans?
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n Well, actually, today is a giant experiment: We are asked to turn off our air conditioners and utilize only ceiling fans (and wall fans, desk fans, all kinds of fans) today.
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nIf every American did that, in our homes and businesses and other buildings, just this one day, we would save enough electricity to power all of NYC for months.
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nThat’s because central air conditioning systems typically run on about 3 kilowatts and cost about 36 cents an hour to run, whereas a good ceiling fan only draws about 30 watts to run, and therefore costs about 1 cent per three hours of use.
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nThat’s HUGE!
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n Here is a source for those figures, updated to the first of the year.
Ceiling fans can look very cool. Here are some neato styles:
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nAlso on this date:
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nVictory of UPRONA in Burundi
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nAnniversary of the arrival of Anne Hutchinson in the New World
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nScientist and inventor Jean Foucault’s birthday
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nChile’s Independence Day
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nNational Cheeseburger Day
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nPlan ahead:
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Check out my Pinterest boards for:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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nSeptember holidays
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nSeptember birthdays
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nHistorical anniversaries in September
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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