California to lead the way on the environment, again

This reminds me of when I came out of the Al Gore movie with friends and just as we were passing the popcorn stand on our way out (i.e. steps away from exiting the theater) one friend -ever the optimist- stops and says "I thought about it and it's hopeless...there's nothing we can do to combat global warming." Actually, Gore did a great job of outlining what individuals can do and even has a page on the movie web site.

To that end, California wants to bring change by moving its population over to more energy efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs. We started to migrate our lightbulbs over to the 10 year type and honestly can't tell the difference. My only complaint is that I have been unable to find the 10 year lightbulbs for the non-standard sizes. Sure the 10 year lightbulbs are more efficient, but over time they are much cheaper.