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I Don’t Shop at Wal-Mart…

But this is pretty cool:

In the next 12 months, starting with a major push this month, Wal-Mart wants to sell every one of its regular customers — 100 million in all — one swirl bulb. In the process, Wal-Mart wants to change energy consumption in the United States, and energy consciousness, too.

So, Wal-Mart can green-wash on a much bigger scale than anyone else. They’re still no good guy. But their efforts will have tremendous beneficial impacts on energy consumption:

[110,000,000 60 watt replacements are] enough electricity saved to power all the homes in Delaware and Rhode Island … one bulb [in every household] is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads.

A LOT of people live in Deleware and Rhode Island!

Good move Wal-Mart!
Grist has more

JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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