That’s my first question. I estimate that light would cost me about $30-40 a month to run with current electricity prices.
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Azzu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
How much does it cost to run the lights?
czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I posted the math if you’re curious. For it to cost $30/month you’d have to pay $0.47/kwh. That’s some pretty pricy electricity.
I’m lucky to live in BC and we’ve got some of the cheapest power (lots of hydro) in North America.
czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ha I paid $0.45 this past winter after you include all the delivery and other surcharges. You’re very lucky and I cannot wait to install solar panels
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Let’s do some math together!
Azzu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Wowww the fuck, I pay 0.4523€ per kWh, so for me it would be 33.92€ which is ~36$. Roughly 2% of my income each month. Yeaah…
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Oof. Yeah I’d be seriously reevaluating my energy consumption at those prices.
Azzu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah I’m not “into” house plants that much, but I’ve been evaluating what to do because I’d love to have them. The problem I have is that I live in an apartment that only has windows on one side, and while it is enough light for general living, roughly 70% of the apartment is not suitable for most plants due to very low light.
Combined with me having a very random sleep pattern which I can’t really “fix”, I have to have the blinds down a lot to be able to sleep properly, making the situation even worse. So honestly I’m thinking of using plastic plants in the darker areas to have at least a bit of greenery there.