100 watt incandescent bulb would be sufficient to drive a Toyota Prius from San Francisco to New York.
A governmental study calculated that the gasoline equivalent of yhe lifetime energy savings offered by
using a single 24 watt compact fluourescent lamp (CFL) in lieu of a 100 watt incandescent bulb would be
sufficient to drive a Toyota Prius from San Francisco to New York.
Replacing that 100 Watt bulb with a CFL will prevent the release of 800 pounds of carbon dioxide over
the CFL’s operating life.
