Today I did something I should have done a long time ago. I bought energy efficient light bulbs for my entire house. Every single light bulb in my house is now one of these bad boys:
I traveled far from home to the labyrinth they call Ikea in search of these bulbs because a good friend of mine told me that there’s no place like Ikea for getting energy efficient bulbs. It took me approximately two and a half hours to navigate the maze of aisles, with couch like obstacles and zombie shoppers around every corner. Finally I came upon my holy grail, and I inspected the back of the packaging. Here’s what it looked like:
Now I’m no rocket scientist, but by using the calculations provided on the package, and some simple calculus, I figured out that using just ONE of these light bulbs replaces the 365,000 regular light bulbs that I would use over the course of this one’s life. In addition, after two years, my switch to this energy efficient bulb will reduce global warming by 1 degree Celsius, feed a hungry village in Africa, and reduce domestic dependency on foreign oil by 10 barrels per day.
I was sold. Shortly after I hauled all the bulbs home, and made the switch, I was feeling a little in need of nature. Contemplating the fact that I might be one of ten people working to save the planet, I decided to enjoy some of it before its gone. My friend was in the Poconos so I took off to visit him.
After a 2.5 hour drive, I was at my friends house in Pennsylvania. The house he was staying at didn’t have internet, and I’m not at all sure that many houses in the Poconos DO have internet. Exactly what I was looking for: a brief escape from the technological world.
I convinced my friend to take me to the most picturesque place he knew, which turned out to be a place by the name of Camel Back Mountain. We spent the day hanging out at the summit, watching the hawks soar overhead, and soaking up the warm sun. My head was now clear and it was time to return home. I snapped a few shots first:
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I bought those a couple of months ago, but after some time I started changing the bubls in my entrance room back to normal ones; the energy saving bulbs are great, but you gotta keep them on for a little while - it takes about 2 to 3 minutes till they emit enough light, so they don’t make sense in spots where the light is turned of and one quite quickly.