Far be it for me to be a tree-hugging nancy, spouting off nonsense and gibberish about the impending end of the world due to global warming, or whatever the new cause celebre may be. That said, when shiny new technologies show up that also, coincidentally, help out the environment, I certainly am not going to disparage it just for the general purpose of it. Furthermore, when that technology can potentially save me a fair bit of money, I might just adopt it myself. In fact, the odds are pretty good.

A few years back, I was in the market for replacing all of the various Christmas lights I had purchased over the years of college, and neither matched, nor really survived the repeated moves they were subjected to. Of course, this shopping enterprise was executed after the holiday season, so I was shopping whatever was left over, and whatever might be on sale (the more important aspect). Turns out most of the items remaining were LED holiday lights, and after a momentary degree of indecision, I figured, “What the heck,” and purchased them. Of course, being the quasi-nerd I am, I realized that LED bulbs not only have greater lifespans than their incandescent counterparts, but also consume a considerably lesser amount of energy over that time. So, considering that the package of lights did not cost much more than a package of incandescent lights, and considering it will last longer and use less energy (and thus money)... yeah, I like that situation.

So, yeah, call me a mercenary environmentalist. I can live with that.

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