Free light bulbs/Save the Earth
Yes, free. That is, if you can wait a few weeks for the rebate. Grab up to 2 packs of Compact Fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs from Lowes, Pick them up at the store and then send in this rebate. Free! And you’re saving the Earth! Then go sign up on onebillionbulbs.com and help track the change that WE are making in the world.
Why Compact Fluorescents? They last 8 times longer than regular incandescents. They use 1/4 the energy of regular incandescents. But they’re a little more expensive than regular incandescents (except for this deal!). What does that mean? You use less energy, which means you spend less money on energy AND you’re energy use emits less Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.
Why use less Carbon Dioxide? Global warming, climate change and the likes. Discover the basics at energystar.gov and be obsessive at Tree Hugger. Do your part, be curious at least. To help put this into perspective the kind folks over at energystar.gov share this fact:
If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR, we would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars.
Thus you could say that CFL’s are a win-win situation! Well, even so, please recognize that this post is about an increasingly rare event in our society, the coveted win-win-win situation.
1. Save Energy Costs
2. Less Carbon Dioxide
3. Free!
I swapped out circa 20 bulbs in my house a few months ago. My energy bill has dropped by 40 bucks a month. That’s serious. What if we all had 8 or 13 or 29?
Thanks Slickdeals.
Filed by ryanroth at December 7th, 2006 under Endurants