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How changing a light bulb could change the world...


If you replace just ONE 60w bulb (burning about 5 hours a day) with a
Compact
Fluorescent Light (CFL), after 5 years...

   · you will save over $45 on your electric bill.

   · you will offset the burning of nearly 440 lbs of coal.

   · you will offset the release of 860 pounds of CO2 going into the
atmosphere.

   · you can use the savings to vaccinate 2 children living in
poverty.


If you replace 5 lights and get 5 others to do the same, in 5 years,
you could....

   · save about $1,364 on your electric bills.

   · offset the burning of nearly 13,200 lbs. of coal!

   · offset the release of 25,800 lbs. of CO2 going into the
atmosphere!

   · use the savings to vaccinate about 60 children living in
poverty!

   · use the savings to feed about 3 starving children living in
poverty for 5 years!

   · use the savings to purchase textbooks and school tuition for
about 3 children
     living in poverty overseas, for 5 years!

If those 5 people got another 5 people to do the same, in 5 years they
could....

   · save about $7,045 collectively on their electric bills.

   · offset the burning of nearly 68,200 lbs of coal!

   · offset the release of 133,300 lbs. of CO2 going into the
atmosphere!
      (About the weight of 6 school buses!)

   · use those savings to vaccinate about 310 children living in
poverty!

   · use those savings to feed about 15 starving children living in
poverty for 5 years!

   · use the savings to purchase textbooks and school tuition for
about 15 children living
      in poverty overseas, for 5 years!

   · use the savings to pay for the construction costs of a Health
Center for those living in
      poverty overseas!



If all American households did the same we could....

   · save $24,315,750,000 collectively on our electric bills!
      (Approximately the Gross National Product of the 54 poorest
countries on earth
       combined!)

   · offset the burning of nearly 235,400,000,000 lbs of coal!
      (the approximate weight of over 10.6 Million school buses!)

   · offset the release of 460,100,000,000 pounds of CO2 going into
the atmosphere!
      (the approximate weight of over 630 Empire State Buildings!)

   · use those savings to provide vaccines, 5 years of food, and 5
years of school
      tuition and textbooks for 23,358,069 children living in poverty
overseas.

The average home uses about 26 light bulbs.  If you replaced every bulb
in your home,
by the time every one of your CFL's stopped producing light you will
have saved
over $1,100.

There are lots of new CFLs bulbs on the market.  The bulb used for the
estimates above is
a 13w CFL (the equivalent of a 60w Standard) It will produce the same
color of light as a
standard bulb.  You won't be able to tell the difference.  Plus there
are CFLs designed
for every fixture in your house.

Even if you are not concerned about the environmental and health
benefits, I know you
can at least do it for the money.  A 13w Compact Fluorescent Light
costs
about 21¢ per 1000 hours. Standard 60w bulbs cost about 50¢ per 1000
hours. The initial
extra cost will pay for itself in just a few short weeks.
They cost as little as $1.70 each... give one to a friend, family
member, or co-workers, along with this information, to get
them started.

...and please forward this email to others!

If you have any questions or comments please send them to
CFLighting@gmail.com .