Each of us should be committed to doing what we can to help the environment. There are been a lot of talk about changing to green light bulbs for indoor lighting. Compact fluorescent light bulbs can save electricity, but there have been complaints about the harsh and bright light and there are limited number of recycling options (the bulbs contain mercury).

These facts were posted on CBS.com:

FACT: If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

FACT: You save about $30 or more in electricity costs over each bulb’s lifetime. The average U.S. household has 45 light bulbs; replacing that number of 75-watt incandescent bulbs with CFLs would save $180 per year.

FACT: CFL bulbs produce about 75 percent less heat, so they’re safer to operate and can cut energy costs associated with home cooling.