Why Changing Your Lightbulbs Doesn't Matter | EcoGeek - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Sep 08
  

  Eddy De Clercq

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• 01 Sep 08
  

  Kevin De Mulder

  "It's not about asking people to choose, it's giving them a better choice. If you build a light bulb that's cheaper to buy, cheaper to run, has better light quality, and works exactly the same, people won't be choosing a better technology, they'll be choo

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• 31 Aug 08
  

  bob dolan

  Let's stop talking about changing our world by changing your light bulbs. There are a few reasons why people tell you that switching from incandescents to CFLs should be done, and they're all crap reasons. I'm tired of it.

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• 30 Aug 08
  

  Maggie Wolfe Riley

  This is right on - sure, changing your lightbulbs is good, but creating better, more competitive choices for things that will make a huge difference is better!

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  • I'm sick of pretending like we can solve the energy crisis by asking people to make decisions that are counter to their interest.
  • If you tell someone "Save the planet, change your light bulb" you'll be lucky to get a 20% action rate. But if you say "save $200 per year, change your light bulbs" you're suddenly on the right side of every argument.
  • It's not about asking people to choose, it's giving them a better choice.

    • Right On!!
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  Maggie Wolfe Riley on 2008-08-30
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