Last week, officials from the New England offices of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development passed through Providence as part of a Northeast barnstorming tour singing the praises of Energy Star-rated, low-energy, fluorescent bulbs.
Energy Star bulbs use two-thirds less energy than standard light bulbs and can last 10 times longer, according to the EPA and HUD.
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According to the agencies, if every U.S. household were to replace a single incandescent light bulb with an Energy Star bulb, the country would save enough energy to light 7 million homes and would reduce greenhouse emissions by an amount equivalent to 1 million automobiles.
At a time when New England is projected to overtax the regional electricity grid by 2010, and when foreign policy is being perverted by our dependence on foreign oil, this one simple, painless individual action can make a real difference.
