Sunday, February 18, 2007

Green Lights?

I just saw a headling on ABC News, "Legislator Wants Green Lights in California" and right away I wondered why green lights? Wouldn't that cause eyestrain? As it turns out, these days when somebody calls something "green" they may not be talking about the color. In this case it's another way to say 'environmentally friendly' or somesuch. Wouldn't it be nice if people would just speak plainly?

In any event, the 'green' lights being talked about are those curly little 'Compact fluorescent lights'. This legislator wants to ban the use of traditional incandesent light bulbs by 2012. This may even be worth doing. The things are said to last ten times longer and put out the same amount of light, generate 70% less heat and save $30 or more in energy costs over the bulb's ten year lifetime.

In the end however, the only thing on my mind is the fact that I cannot resist asking:

How many legislators does it take to change a light bulb?

Folks in California may be among the first to find out.

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