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We've spent part of our weekend replacing lightbulbs in our house. Here's why:
If every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road...
CFL's retail for a great deal more than regular lightbulbs, but also last up to 10 times longer and use 66% less energy.
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My utility offers discount coupons to use for purchasing the bulbs.
Posted by: B.D. | 09 April 2006 at 17:01
I'm all for energy efficient light bulbs, but that claim sounds a little fishy to me.
Posted by: KathyF | 09 April 2006 at 17:02
I love my energy efficient bulbs. I have them in every lamp I can use them but I haven't seen any drop in my energy bill. I never see a drop in any of my utility bills no matter how many new appliances I get that are supposed to save resources.
Posted by: eRobin | 09 April 2006 at 23:15
gee i'll have to get some
Posted by: Jane | 09 April 2006 at 23:40
Uh Robin- you only see the drop in energy bills if you do not keep adding new energy using products. Simply replacing the old ones will see a drop, if and only if you use them the same way that you used the old. I have changed almost all of my lights to the new bulbs and the best energy savings is from climbing up and down ladders changing bulbs.
Posted by: Hawise | 10 April 2006 at 10:59
are they the ones that take a while to come all the way on? i'm all for energy saver bulbs, but all the ones i've tried start really dim and then lazily make it to full luminescence.
Posted by: upyernoz | 10 April 2006 at 11:49
Love CFLs - just wrote a post April 6th (with graphs!) about our household energy usage compared to the neighborhood - come on over + check it out - some good tips, I think. I'm also in love with LEDs - switched over to LED christmas lights this year - really freaking bright for very few watts.
Posted by: nomadshan | 10 April 2006 at 13:40
Some body call the WhiteHouse, they need to replace some of the bulbs up there and save more than energy...
Posted by: Fred | 10 April 2006 at 15:10
You're such a good citizen.
But did you buy those bulbs at Home Depot? :)
Posted by: carla | 10 April 2006 at 18:50
Lowes.
Posted by: Roxanne | 10 April 2006 at 22:39
I adore those light bulbies, our co-op power company gives them away free. Also I put in a programable thermostat two years ago and between the two of these things my electric bill went down twenty dollars a month. Yahoo
I'm on one of those budget payment jobbers where I pay the same amount twelve months of the year.
Posted by: the bewilderness | 11 April 2006 at 01:44