Comparison shopping applies to everything. In Germany the switch to CFL bulbs started 15 years ago with few complaints. My German friends think Americans are stupid (their word!) for being so slow to change.

What can I tell you? You make your own decisions but we are fine with them and I know many others who are fine with them. We know we have some big problems over the horizon, including some pretty big flooding in Florida. Solutions aren't just for thinking about, they have to be implemented. I can make suggestions but the action has to come from our governments (with pressure from us) and from individuals. Some would say we need a change of thinking away from the "can't do" to a "can do" attitude. I am trying to encourage that kind of idea, inspired by the many stories in the Kerry book, that we HAVE solutions and WE can be part of the solution rather than sitting around waiting for the flood to rise.

So, many like CFL bulbs as their first step to a solution. We are among them.