| With the release of hard-hitting | | | | waste heat, which requires extra ventilation |
| documentaries such as Al Gore's An | | | | to carry away. It also means less glare; |
| Inconvenient Truth and Leonardo DiCaprio's | | | | while this useful light is very bright to |
| The 11th Hour energy consumption and its | | | | plants, humans perceive such light as |
| relationship to global climate change has | | | | relatively dim. This also eliminates the need |
| become a prominent issue. What people often | | | | for troublesome shades and reflectors. |
| fail to understand is that the best solutions | | | | |
| are not great actions on the part of a few, | | | | Although they can represent a greater upfront |
| but rather small actions taken by the many. | | | | investment, LED Grow Lights cost |
| For example, if everyone in the U.S. were to | | | | substantially less in the long run. In the |
| replace incandescent lights with fluorescent | | | | first place, they are not nearly as fragile |
| ones, it could eliminate the need for Middle | | | | as conventional bulbs and fluorescents. Best |
| East oil. | | | | of all, they are extremely durable - the |
| | | | average lifespan of an LED Grow Light is |
| LED Grow lights are another example of a | | | | 100,000 hours - which is as much as fifty |
| small thing that can make a great difference. | | | | times as long as that of conventional bulbs. |
| If you are growing your own food in a | | | | This adds up to nearly twelve years under |
| hydroponics garden, you're already taking a | | | | normal conditions. |
| step toward saving the planet. The use of LED | | | | |
| Grow Lights allows you to take the next step | | | | Because LED Grow Lights are environmentally |
| in reducing your footprint on the planet. Not | | | | friendly, they will result in healthier, more |
| only to they operate at a fraction of the | | | | productive plants. Because they emit very |
| voltage of conventional bulbs (less than 20 | | | | little in the way of heat, LED Grow Lights |
| VAC as opposed to 120), but they are free of | | | | allow your plants to keep cooler. Plants |
| mercury - a highly toxic metal used in | | | | thrive at room temperature, receiving all the |
| metallic vapor and fluorescent lights. | | | | light they require without growth-stunting |
| | | | excess heat. In addition, your plants will |
| LED Grow Lights are efficient and economical | | | | suffer less from heat-related root damage |
| in other ways as well. Unlike the more | | | | that can occur when hot conventional grow |
| general purpose fluorescent bulbs, LED Grow | | | | lights heat the soil. |
| Lights require no electric or digital | | | | |
| ballast,that can eventually burn out. They | | | | With LED Grow Lights, your plants will also |
| also emit "targeted light;" whereas most | | | | require less watering. |
| standard grow lights emit a broad spectrum of | | | | |
| light that includes light wavelength that is | | | | Across the board, LED Grow Lights allow you |
| useless to plant life, LED Grow Lights emit | | | | to grow more economically and in a more |
| only that part of the spectrum actually used | | | | environmentally-friendly way. |
| for photosynthesis. This also means far less | | | | |