Tag: Global Warming

About Those Bulbs…

Today I am removing my OneBillionBulbs group from my blog. I thank everyone that chose to participate. Maybe we helped our planet! As I mentioned a while back (in this post and in this post), I replaced every bulb in the house in Atlanta. These bulbs, while more expensive than traditional bulbs, all carried a 7 year warranty. They used… Continue reading

What Can I Say: More Bad News

Well, I’ve been reading a lot lately about an increasing number of scientist writing and speaking about global warming being much worse than previously anticipated. Now I read that the sun will swallow up the planet in 7.6 billion years. Well, call me insensitive, but I just don’t care. I doubt humanity will exist on this planet in 1,000 years… Continue reading

Join My Group @ OneBillionBulbs.com

What is this group called Tim’s Bright Reflections!? Simply put, it’s a way to encourage everyone to replace their old light bulbs with the new CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) which are much more energy efficient. Also, we can track how much money we are saving as well as how much we are reducing our carbon footprint on the planet. You… Continue reading

Happy to Report…

…that the first floor has been completely Al Gored! I have replaced all of the traditional light bulbs with the new energy efficient ones that look like fluorescent lights all coiled up. Apparently the proper term for these is CFL, or compact fluorescent lamp. I want to do something to reduce my carbon footprint on our planet. Supposedly these new… Continue reading