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How many bulbs does it take to change an energy-guzzling habit?

Or as Charles Fishman proposes, change the world? Just one. If every American home replaced just ONE incandescent light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, like compact fluorescent lightbulbs, (Healthy CFL from Purely Products for example), in one year it would:

• save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes
• reduce annual energy costs by more than $600 million
• prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to taking 800,000 cars off the road

Should I wait until all my incandescent bulbs burn out before replacing with CFLs ?

The reality is, Ellen Florian reports, “You’d be wasting a lot of  money and energy. Scientists Jeff Tsao and Mike Coltrin of Sandia National Laboratories calculate you’d save money by tossing a new 60-watt incandescent and replacing it with a fluorescent. Why? The money you’d save on your electric bill with the CFL would more than make up for the cost of both bulbs. Over the CFL’s 12,000-hour lifetime, you would save some $51.”

So, how is Healthy CFL different from other CFLs?

Healthy CFL is the hardest-working bulb in the house. It’s a compact fluorescent lightbulb wrapped around an air purifier. While it saves you money and energy and helps cut greenhouse gas emissions, it’s helping remove dust, cigarette smoke, pollen, mold spores, pet odor and dander and other allergens. Any of those clogging the air in your house?

Watch Healthy CFL remove cigarette smoke in 30 seconds.

Any other reason why I should pop in a CFL (like this really swell Healthy CFL)?

You bet. The “Energy Bill” of 2007 requires all lightbulbs use 30% less energy than today’s incandescent bulbs by 2012,  phasing out 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and ending with 40 watt bulbs in 2014.  Healthy CFL (along with Premium CFLand Pet CFL) use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and already meet the new efficiency standards.

Good for the pocketbook.  Good conservation. Good citizenship.

Last question. It’s Earth month. Good time to switch?

Leave us your brightest idea for greening your house and the best one gets a  Healthy CFL to get you going.