Wal-Mart and the Light Bulb [NY Times link] - Wal-Mart officials admit their push to sell 100 million
compact fluorescent lights per year is at least partially a marketing ploy, but if successful, it would increase the number of the energy-efficient bulbs in use by 50% while "saving Americans $3 billion in electricity costs and avoiding the need to build additional power plants for the equivalent of 450,000 new homes." Wal-Mart's environmental record is
less than perfect, of course, but if they managed to pull this off it would be hard to see it as a bad thing.
posted by mrbula
on Jan 2, 2007 -
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Bush's energy plan. We knew it was coming. Arguing the United States "faces the most serious energy shortage since the oil embargoes of the 1970's," Bush proposes the expansion of drilling, a new commitment to nuclear power, and a review of vehicle mileage standards. If you really want to dig--er, I mean drill--into it, the
proposal is available on the White House website.
posted by mrbula
on May 17, 2001 -
36 comments
