06-05-2007

Small Changes to Prevent Global Warming

I watched Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth when it first came out.  I was inspired to make a difference and did nothing.

Yet, I heard a statistic recently that ”if every household in America changed 5 lighbulbs it would be the equivalent to taking 8 million cars of the road for one year…”

So we are in the process of switching all of our lighbulbs in our home to the compact fluourescent bulbs.

They are a little more expensive than regular bulbs yet they use one-quarter the electricity and last several years longer.  (And you can find deals on them.  For example, I got an 8 pack at Costco for only $13).

And you can do this in stages.  First I’m replacing all the upstairs bulbs, then I’ll do the downstairs and then the garage and exterior.

These are small changes that can really have a postive effect on the environment, and the cost benefit is that it’s supposed to cut down on electric bills over time.

Take the pledge to switch your light bulbs and switch them:

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?campaign=mts&redirected=t&tagid=483

Truly, this little change that is a financial benefit to you in the long run, will have a HUGE effect on the environment.

And I have to say that if felt really GOOD to change the light bulbs last night.

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