Damaging Effects of Pools

Did you know that there are 6 million in ground pools in USA alone? Actually, there are about 12 million pools worldwide, meaning America alone dominates half of all those installed water luxuries. But did you also know how much electricity a pool uses and how much burnt coal that relates to? One pool uses 5 tons of coal to operate its’ pump and other various attachments, and this burnt coal correlates to 13 tons of carbon dioxide released into the air each year. That’s just one pool. If we totalled all 6 million pools in the US (and remember, we are only counting in-ground pools, not above ground installations that also rely on electricity) that would mean America releases about 52,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere just with operating our pools. This is a very scary thought for all of those who are looking to be more “green.”

What if we could cut back on the pool pump running time? If that could happen then that would mean less usage of electricty. But it’s practically impossible to do that as all pools with a traditional pump and bottom cleaner require at least 9 hours of run time. So what do we need to do? Install a pool cleaner that does rely on the power of a pool pump but energy from the sun and keeps your pool clean at the surface, preventing the bottom from virtually ever getting dirty.

The Solar-Breeze, the world’s only environmentally and pocketbook friendly pool cleaner, does just that. And by keeping your pool clean in a much more efficient manner and not needing the assistance of a pool pump, a pool owner can cut their pool pump run time by 2/3 and their chlorine consumption by 1/3. But what does that actually translate to in terms of saving energy of the atmosphere. Putting one Solar-Breeze in your pool will save you atleast 3.3 tons of coal, 8.6 tons of carbon dioxide, and $786 in energy savings (saving you this amount of money means you pay for your skimmer in the first year plus get an extra $300 back.) Pretty cool huh? These amount of savings is actually equivalent to the emissions of one SUV so putting a Solar-Breeze in your pool is like taking a 16 mpg SUV off the road every year.

This is just one closer step to saving our environment.

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