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...what CFL stands for by now, then you are already doing yourself and future generations a disservice. Decades after the introduction of the CFL, and at a time when global climate change and skyrocketing energy costs are at the center of public debate, it is unacceptable that every American household has not implemented this simple waste-preventing measure...
...help to reduce energy use and is one of the few surefire ways of helping to delay (or stop) manmade climate change. Replacing that 75-watt incandescent is also the equivalent of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 988 to 1079 pounds. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, if every household replaced just three 60-watt light bulbs, the reduction in pollution would be the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off the road...
This circle is even harder to square for the American family. Despite high levels of charitable giving as compared to other countries, the real numbers aren’t so impressive. The average household donates 3.1 percent of its income each year, or about three dollars a day per person. The average Starbucks customer also spends $3 for her cup of morning coffee. The extent of our consumer culture, from big screen TVs to name-brand clothing, belies our charitable spirit...
Perhaps Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper was warned to beware of authors bearing gifts. Recently, Canadian writer Yann Martel, who became a household name when his novel Life of Pi won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2002, announced that he intended to send the Prime Minister a book every two weeks. Martel has already sent Harper two, accompanied by letters about each book's literary merits and meanings, but the PM has yet to thank...
...Sony Reader may be able to hold 80 novels in one small package, but it's not going to replace books in my household [April 30]. I do my pleasure reading almost entirely in the bathtub. If I doze off and drop a book into the tub, I can dry it out. The Sony Reader, on the other hand, would become a very expensive doorstop...