Switching Off or Switching Bulbs

An estimated 36 million Americans turned off their lights for Earth Hour this year. This chart shows how much energy they would have saved if they had switched to high-efficiency compact fluorescent light bulbs instead.

SOURCE: | The Washington Post - May 17, 2008

This Story On Climate, Symbols Can Overshadow Substance Article \| In March of last year, the World Wildlife Fund in Australia teamed up with Leo Burnett, the multinational advertising agency that created the Marlboro Man, to come up with a new environmental campaign called Earth Hour. The idea was to get 2 million residents in Sydney to turn off all the lights in... Switching Off or Switching Bulbs		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Newsvine SOURCE: \| The Washington Post - May 17, 2008 ¬es=An estimated 36 million Americans turned off their lights for Earth Hour this year. This chart shows how much energy they would have saved if they had switched to high-efficiency compact fluorescent light bulbs instead. " onmouseover="changebg('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us Stumble It! Reddit Facebook myspace COMMENT Discussion Policy Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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