just put in a heater and that thing puts off some good heat but at the expense of a 1000 watts. So ill be paying the same damn price as a good hps light that would give all my plants plenty light and heat. so i guess theres no real way to get around the energy bill lol thinking about only running it at night during the dark period and hoping that some heat would stay throughout the day while its a bit naturally warm.

As far as Cfls go i was looking today and saw some cool jerry rigged devices that look like they work pretty good so i think ill add some of those as well.