Fluorescent bulbs are taking over. Many business are finding that LED bulbs are brighter, last longer, and lower costs. That makes for a win-win-win situation. Why didn't we think of this earlier? It's hard to believe that LED bulbs have been on the rise since about 2003, and people are just starting to realize that they are better and more resourceful. Buildings like the Empire State Building are making the transition to LED bulbs. It makes more sense for everyone, except the bulb companies. GE, Sylvania, and Philips are the three biggest bulb providers in the U.S., and they can be hurting when people start to realize that they can pay the same price for a LED or halogen bulb and make it last 50 to 100 times longer. Even compact fluorescent bulbs have taken the incandescent bulbs over because they use less than one-third of energy.
Let's look on the brighter side (no pun intended). The United States is finally realizing that we are responsible for so much of the energy used. Germany is the leading country in Green Architecture. Germany has been on top of being resourceful. They will pay the extra money for an architect like Norman Foster to come in and make sure that things are taken care of the green way. It's time for America to realize that it's our turn to make a change. It's been done in so many countries, and we put it on the back burner and focused on war and other things. We are coming around a bend where we are realizing that it's the little things that make the smaller differences, but we are still yet to discover that in order to save money and our earth, it takes an initial cost such as the Heart Tower by Norman Foster.
Anyways, it's nice to see some change in our country, and see that we are trying for a better place.
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