New $3 Light Bulb Can Save You Money

When it comes to saving money on your electricity bill, energy efficient light bulbs are one of the easiest and fastest steps you can take to make your home more green. And while there are plenty of reasons to put the TV remote and the sandwich down and do this right now, there will be even more reasons to do it in just a couple of short years.

Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a $3 LED light bulb that is 12 times more efficient than the common light bulb you and I use to brighten our homes, and 3 times more efficient than current fluorescent bulbs. While they cost more than your everyday, ordinary light bulbs, these bad boys last up to 100,000 hours. That's six figures worth of hours. If you're trying to do the math, that's about 60 years.

For real. You could buy this light and be a grandparent by the time you change it. Talk about lifetime value. The best part of all of this is that these things could be on the market by 2011. To find out more, visit Daily Mail.