By Manila Ryce
Published Sunday, July 20th, 2008, 3:23 pm
Filed under: Economic, World: South America, Environment, World Issues, Society/Culture, US Politics
Venezuelan oil company Citgo, together with the Citizen’s Energy organization, will be providing about 460,000 energy efficient light bulbs to low-income US households. Venezuela’s Ambassador to the US said, “This program is a counterpart to our efforts in Venezuela, where more than 60 million conventional light bulbs have been replaced by energy efficient ones through Misión Revolución Energética.”
The U.S. project will start as a pilot program in communities that already receive discounted heating oil from Citgo throughout the U.S. Communities in the energy-saving light bulb pilot project include Washington, D.C.; Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas; Lamont, Illinois; and Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Citgo refineries operate. It will also be implemented in low-income communities in Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, Milwaukee, Madison, and Minneapolis.
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Those new lightbulbs are extremely toxic and need to be disposed of properly, and the places this can be done at are few and far between. People given these lightbulbs need tob e educated about this and recycling programs need to be established, besides their lower energy use they are far worse for the environment that conventional ones.
07/20/08 at 8:54 pm
that’s a good point, though given that an organization familiar with the bulbs is handing them out, i imagine the recipients are being informed about them more than your average consumer who picks them up at the local wal-mart.
07/21/08 at 2:40 am