How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It.

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It.

In the September issue of Fast Company Magazine is a fascinating article about the compact fluorescent light bulb. Amazing to think all of the $ we are flushing away by not using these.

• Compact fluorescents emit the same light as classic incandescents but use 75% or 80% less electricity


• If every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the energy saved would be enough to powerall the homes in Delaware and Rhode Island.


• In terms of oil not burned, or greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads.