Making bulb look yummy dubbed as "genius"  

Remember when fluorescent lights made everything (and everyone) look gravely ill? Ancient history! These days Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) are being touted as an environmental savior. And when you consider that they use 80% less electricity that normal incandescent bulbs, you can see why. In fact, the numbers are staggering.

To wit:

• If every household in America replaced one regular 60-watt bulb with a CFL, the energy saved would be enough to power a city of 1.5 million people (hello, Houston). From an emissions standpoint, that's the equivalent of taking 1.3 million cars off the roads.
• Just one bulb swapped out would equal enough electricity saved to turn off two entire power plants (the biggest polluters on the planet)
• One $3 CFL pays for itself in lower electric bills in five months.

You get the idea. Now go get a bulb (available at your local Wal-Mart of all places) and buy one for your neighbors for the holidays. Check out the brilliant Fast Company article for more.