| Energy Efficient Light Bulbs - Every Home Can Help |
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| Written by Suzann Kale | |
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We often wonder what we can do to help heal our planet. It's a huge issue. But part of it is as simple as ... changing a light bulb!
Electrically speaking, many of us are still living in the 19th century. At least in terms of our continued use of the incandescent light bulb. Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan were brilliant inventors and engineers. But it's time to move on. The incandescent bulb - the Fluorescent bulbs generate 70% less heat. They use 20% of the electricity to produce the same amount of light as old fashioned bulbs, and they last 10 times longer. Even better news: we can get bulbs right now that are designed to fit in units that were originally manufactured for incandescent bulbs. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes for hard-to-fit lighting fixtures as well, whether indoor or outdoor. In fact, Australia's environment minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has announced that his country will be 100% fluorescent by the year 2012. He expects that by 2012 the country's greenhouse gas emissions will be down by 4 million tons.1 According to the U.S. government's Energy Star2, "If every American home replaced just one light bulb [with a compact fluorescent bulb] we would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars."3 We really can make a difference. ∞
Mar.3, 2007 |
one many of us just screw into our light fixtures without thinking about it - is a big energy-waster. Just touch one that's been on for a few minutes and you'll see how heat is dispersed and wasted.| < Prev | Next > |
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