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02-23-2007, 06:45 AM
It only takes 18 seconds to change a light. (http://www.nbc11.com/news/11086110/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/18_Seconds_org.gifNBC11 - Feb. 22, 2007
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Most people are in favor of saving energy, but for those consumers who don't want to buy a hybrid car, there is a simple change that takes only seconds, NBC11's Marianne Favro reported.
In the Silicon Valley, a massive grassroots campaign launched Thursday to motivate Bay Area residents to swap out traditional light bulbs for an Energy Star Compact Fluorescent Light bulb (CFL).
"Switch on a light and that means a power plant is giving out greenhouse gas emissions," said Kathleen Hogan of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The movement is based on an 18-seconds theme, the amount of time the group said it takes to switch bulbs.
Lawrence Bender, the Academy Award winning producer of the movie An Inconvenient Truth, is passionate about the project.
"If every person in the country bought an energy saver bulb, we could save 30 billion pounds of coal and $8 billion in energy savings," Bender said.
Yahoo created 18seconds.org (http://18seconds.org/) to help show the impact changing bulbs has on each city and state.
"I think people can see the difference it makes. They can see how much power saving and money savings and the equivalent of how many cars it's getting off the road," said Co-Founder of Yahoo! Inc., David Filo.
The EPA said not all CFLs are equal. Look for the one with the government's energy star seal.
Bender is working to incorporate the movement into Hollywood. He said people shouldn't be surprised if a light bulb change is worked into the script of a television show.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/18_Seconds_org.gifNBC11 - Feb. 22, 2007
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Most people are in favor of saving energy, but for those consumers who don't want to buy a hybrid car, there is a simple change that takes only seconds, NBC11's Marianne Favro reported.
In the Silicon Valley, a massive grassroots campaign launched Thursday to motivate Bay Area residents to swap out traditional light bulbs for an Energy Star Compact Fluorescent Light bulb (CFL).
"Switch on a light and that means a power plant is giving out greenhouse gas emissions," said Kathleen Hogan of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The movement is based on an 18-seconds theme, the amount of time the group said it takes to switch bulbs.
Lawrence Bender, the Academy Award winning producer of the movie An Inconvenient Truth, is passionate about the project.
"If every person in the country bought an energy saver bulb, we could save 30 billion pounds of coal and $8 billion in energy savings," Bender said.
Yahoo created 18seconds.org (http://18seconds.org/) to help show the impact changing bulbs has on each city and state.
"I think people can see the difference it makes. They can see how much power saving and money savings and the equivalent of how many cars it's getting off the road," said Co-Founder of Yahoo! Inc., David Filo.
The EPA said not all CFLs are equal. Look for the one with the government's energy star seal.
Bender is working to incorporate the movement into Hollywood. He said people shouldn't be surprised if a light bulb change is worked into the script of a television show.