In honor of Earth day, I read an article from the Los Angelos Times website Earth Day: Would You buy a $60 energy-efficient light bulb? that explains a new product by Philips that is a LED light bulb that consumes less than 10 watts to produce light that’s generally equivalent to an regular 60 watt light bulb. Because of this, the bulb would be saving approximately 83% of energy. That’s a rather large number I think! Also the major plus about this new bulb is that it can reportedly last the common household up to 10 years, therefore saving money from buying many light bulbs over the course of time when others go out.
Going back to that energy number, if every household in the U.S. used this new light bulb over 60 watt light bulbs, the U.S. could prevent up to 20 million metric tons of carbon emissions! That’s huge! “That’s enough electricity to power the lights of nearly 18 million U.S. households, or nearly triple the annual electricity consumption of the city of Washington D.C.,”a company fact sheet says. After all, it is Earth Day, why not go out and buy at least one new energy efficient light bulb? Well, it isn’t sold in stores yet, but they will be soon. Also, I’ve failed to mention the hearty price tag of $60 per bulb. However, that seems steep for light, it saves over $100 over the course of 10 years in changing light bulbs. Then too, there will be other produces or ways of purchasing the bulb that will be cheaper than $60. I say having at least 1 or 2 of those bulbs is worth it. Buy a new bulb over time; maybe one every Earth Day? That to me sounds like a good investment and a perfect way of celebrating and helping out on Earth Day.
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