We all know that the whole world is reeling under acute power shortage. Recently US faced a national nightmare when President-Elect Barack Obama wakes up to find himself powerless. He was without electricity for nearly 18 hours at his vacation home on Oahu following a major blackout across Hawaii's most populous island. Some people came forward to give him generators. Finally the power crisis was averted but the other 800,000 people did not receive such generator-deliveries.

No one is immune to power crisis. We all blame the electricity department and the government for the poor power supply but no one thinks to get deep into the root of the problem and think ways of reducing the problem.

Electricity is produced from non-renewable sources and the continuous use will lead to a situation that all the sources will be exhausted. Let’s face the reality and avoid excessive use of electricity. Moreover we should adopt ways to save electricity by replacing your incandescent bulbs with the CFL bulbs in your home and office. Yes, lighting comprises 25% of your electricity consumption and by simply replacing your existing bulb with Compact fluorescent light bulbs can help in the conservation of energy.

Light bulbs are engrained in our everyday life. And all of a sudden everyone is trying to convince us to switch from traditional incandescent bulbs to new compact fluorescent ones? The compact fluorescent light bulbs point the way to a bright new future.

Your existing bulb converts just 5% of the energy into light and rest of 95% gets wasted in the form of heat and radiation. They also enhance the emission of green house gas in our environment. Traditional bulbs are posing a serious threat to our environment and a potent cause of global warming. While a Compact fluorescent light bulb uses 75% less energy and emit the same amount of light as a standard bulb, but have lower wattage. For instance replacing a 100-watt incandescent bulb with a 32-watt CFL can save you up to $55 in energy costs over the life of a bulb.

A CFL bulb consume just one-third of the electricity in comparison to incandescent bulbs. By installing Compact fluorescent light bulbs in your home you can reduce your monthly electricity bill to a considerable extent. CFL bulbs last ten times longer than ordinary incandescent bulbs. They prevent emission of green house gases from power plants and thus reduce the effect of global warming. Switch to Compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money, labor costs, and above all the environment.