The New Light Bulb

The standard florescent light bulb has been becoming less popular due to a new light bulb that is energy-friendly. This new light bulb does more than just saving energy, it also saves a lot of money. These new light bulbs use 70% less energy than a standard light bulb, and it also lasts about ten times longer than them, for about the same amount of light. These light bulbs may cost about five dollars more, but if you have about thirty light bulbs in your house, replacing them with these new ones, can save you near $900during the life of the bulb! So these light bulbs, not only save energy and the environment, but they save you a lot of money too!

These light bulbs are not however compleately wonderful, because they have a danger to them. If one of these light bulbs breaks, the room must be evacuated for at least 15 minuites. This is because the energy saving light bulb holds a toxic mercury in it. If you do use these light bulbs and one breaks, after you evacuate the room, you need to sweep the light bulb up, while wearing gloves to protect you from the mercury. Do not vacume the broken light bulb parts! Another bad thing about these new light bulbs, is that they can not be simply thrown away. They have to be stored in special bins, where other things such as batteries are put, and then brought to a council dump. Some worries about not properly disposing of the light bulbs, and having it contaminate our water supplies have come up. Overall these new light bulbs effect our environments in good and bad ways.