Bulb Madness

"Twisted!"

OK…so, a year ago in January, I changed out a bunch of incandescent light bulbs to CFLs, starting with the lights I use the most. (Makes sense).

I soon  found myself bragging that I’d changed over 75 % of my bulbs.Then someone *actually* (can you believe it?) *asked*: “So… just *how* many light fixtures *do* you have, Deb?  Did you *really*, actaully count them *all*?” “Of course!”, (says I, full of bravado)…”…not!”

FAST FORWARD to January 11 2009, (a *year* later…) GOOD GRIEF! I have fifty-five (!)  regular light fixtures/lamps in my house! WHODDATHUNKIT? And this doesn’t even count the chandelier and the overheard foyer lamp with the little-round-weirdo bulbs! And *just* how many of these screw-ins had CFL’s prior to today? *Twenty-Nine* , meaning fifty-two percent. (29/55= 52%) Oops! So-as of an hour ago, now  *forty-one * light bulbs are changed.   41/55=74%.

“Ah, grasshopper! You move so fast!” YABETCHA! *Now* I can brag that 75 % (oops! OK! 74!)  of my lights are changed..and that I’ve presumably off-set 880 pounds of C02 from the atmosphere over the lifetime of each bulb.Of course, this is also presuming that each bulb is on 5 or more hours a day (which most aren’t), and that each CFL is rated *exactly*the same in watt-hours, ampules, blah-de-blah  (all that  silly techno-babble!),  and that *of course* I purchased the *exact* same brand of CFL light bulbs,  the *exact* same size,  the *exact* same watts, twist-age , etc, …(*”but of course I did!”   …*not*  

Well, hey: I may not know exactly how much this is going to help, but at least I can say
That THIS year,  I’m 12 bulbs ahead ..and  there ain’t a-one dim!