WANT to save the planet? Buy yourself an energy-efficient “compact fluorescent lamp” next time a conventional bulb pops. That’s one of the key messages in last week’s report on the state of the world from the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute.
Vital Signs highlights positive and negative developments affecting the world’s fate. It rates the soaring uptake of the lamps as one of the most heartening trends, but wants to see many more sold.
Each lamp lasts 10 times as long as a conventional light bulb, consumes a quarter of the energy and generates 90 per cent less heat. “They work the…
