Pledge to switch your light bulbs to energy saving CFLs.

Global warming is real, and we really are wasting valuable resources everyday. You can make a difference, pledge to switch out your standard light bulbs to compact florecent lights (CFL) and save a ton of electricity, money, and the world.

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[NewHangUps]

You have been sucked in,,,,

Energy saver bulbs contain Mercury...

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You have 21 energy saver bulbs....???? I have ONE light bulb in my lounge, and ONE in the kitchen....

You are wasting power anyway.

[noreaga12326]

i also wana point out that ur not saving much what u consider that a lot of ppl leave the lights on when not in the room, and when ur lighting company raises ur light bill. Global warming is not real. its a scam. I have hundreds of boxes of incandescents which give off much nicer light and they're 100% dimmable. So the hell with u and ur pledge. its all a SCAM.

[noreaga12326]

@RetiredAFGuy you're another person whos been scamed by all these "GREEN PEOPLE" . Or maybe, u work for the green police. if CFLs are so good, why not ENCOURAGE us to save energy rather than FORCING it on us? u know why?? cuz they know that most ppl LIKE ME still prefer edison bulbs over these depressing cfls. Last time i checked, I pay for my light bill, so i will decide what bulbs to use. This is another excuse of congress wanting to get into everyones business.

[stickedU]

Good video you have done a great thing to change all of those lights out, that is a big deal.I too have only CFLs in my home and they work better than the old bulb. I cant wait until the ban begins on old bulbs than we can all start being green....and saving some green too.

[jake4569]

can you grow plants with these?

[koz303303]

Your plead to pollute the landfills with mercury. Read how to dispose of the bulbs. Do you seriously thing people will follow directions as they say. There HAZARDOUS

[47f0]

Oh no!!! Twelve tons? Really? I'm kind of thick where math is concerned - is that more, or less than the fifty tons of mercury (which doesn't include all of the other particulates, sulfur compounds and radioactives) you get from coal-fired plants?

[47f0]

Then as a physicist, you should bloody well know that 4mg is not 20mg - errors of that magnitude don't fly in any physics I'm aware of. And the idea that somehow the mercury emitted from power plants (not to mention all the other toxins) is not finding its way into the air the kids breathe, the water they drink, the fish and vegetable crops they eat is naive in the extreme.

[CleanGreenLight]

The fact that coal-fired power stations contain mercury in their flue gases is no justification for imposing yet more mercury pollution on the world.

5mg or 25mg, they are both toxic to children.

The TLV (Threshold Limit Value) for mercury is 25 micrograms per cubic metre, so even 5mg would render toxic some 200 cubic metres of air.

I speak as a chartered physicist who worked on mercury pollution at ICI for over 8 years.

[47f0]

Coal and nuclear aren't "theories", they are the reality of how the vast majority of power is currently, and will, for the next couple of decades at least, be generated. I am a solar proponent, to the extent of having made two solar ovens - but I can travel 400 miles in any direction from here and not find a single major solar, wind, hydro or geothermal installation. So I say again - CFLs are less toxic environmentally than incandescents are.