I just got mine today! (August 1, 2007) It's a Sylvania Soft White. 13 watt (60 watt replacement). On the top there is a green sticker that says "Yahoo! Be a better planet, thanks for helping to make a better planet!"
I took a picture for proof!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjmcgrath/975738728/
2007-08-01 04:50:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Green Living
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2007-08-01 04:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by intelligent80000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each bulb would last somewhere around 10,000 hours, saving (assuming an 11w bulb compared to a 60w incandescent) 50 watts or so per hour. That is a significant savings. In addition, you would have the effects of reduced materials (several standard bulbs needed over that time) and less mercury (the generation of the extra energy would result in more mercury waste than if you are using a CF). You could add in other factors, such as the cost of mitigating global warming caused by incandescents. I do not know the conversion from watts of energy to the transportation cost of a single light-bulb sized item over existing mail carriers (no trip is being taken just for a CF, but the CF bulb could exert some cost on the mail system for transportation). How to quantify this, I am not sure, but it is likely a very small incremental cost to send that one bulb through the mail, and I am guessing smaller than the energy saved by the bulb over the lifetime. Even if the cost WERE bigger for the transportation, the awareness raised may be well worth the cost. If Yahoo! sends you one bulb, but you learn how great it is and change the rest of your home, then we all come out ahead.
2016-05-19 23:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by emily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I received the tote bag a few weeks ago and the bulb today too.
2007-08-01 12:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by itsSCIENCE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see first my husband got his Eco bag and i thought were is mine? then the two light bulbs came in the mail. But i never received my bag :(
2007-08-01 13:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by wklj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got mine last week. I got the tote a couple weeks before.
2007-08-01 05:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by Erin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, how did you get the bulb? I got the tote bag .
2007-08-01 04:58:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, what a bright idea! Seriously though, how do you get the bulb?
2007-08-01 04:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I got two last week.. They're pretty sweet and I am already using them lol, I want more.
2007-08-01 10:49:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got the bulb, but no tote.
2007-08-01 06:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by gwenwifar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.phillyfuture.org/node/5298
2007-08-01 16:34:37 · answer #10 · answered by J-Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋