One Plastic Bag at a Time

The number one thing one can do to save the planet is replace regular incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). Not only is it an easy thing to do, but consider this - according to the VFPO (Vanity Fair Pull-Out - felt the blog was a little low on acronyms these days):

If every American household replaced one regular lightbulb with a CFL, the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road.

That's right, ONE MILLION cars (and although that's very serious, of course the only thing I can think of right now is Dr Evil - ONE. MILLION. DOLLARS.) for just changing a lightbulb. [feel free to insert your own lightbulb joke here. How many environmentalists does it take to change a light bulb? None. If the bulb is out, that's the way Nature intended it!]

I picked mine up from Ace Hardware for $7.49 plus tax. I changed my lightbulb and guess what? Not only is it as bright as the original, but because I got a "soft" light version, it has changed the whole look of the room. The light is so environmentally correct, it even makes the paint on the walls look a little more green.

Now that's some lightbulb!