Renegade Rip

Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: Campus

Media Credit: Ally Armstrong Mark Salcedo distributes light bulbs to BC students Oct. 30.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company teamed up with Bakersfield College employees to promote electricity-saving technology in the Free Speech area of campus on Oct. 23.
At the "Change a Light, Change the World" event, free compact fluorescent light bulbs that use less electricity were given away.
Students who wanted a free 13-watt compact fluorescent light bulb had to fill out their name and address.
Information bags were given to more than 1,000 students.
"Since BC is going under construction, they wanted to help us out and reduce global warming," said Director of Marketing and Public Relations Amber Chiang.
According to PG&E, the compact fluorescent light bulbs use up about 13 watts of electricity, while the incandescent bulbs use up to 60 watts.
PG&E promotes its money and energy-saving technology in an effort to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming.
"I saw the advertisement, and I've been planning on getting some new light bulbs," said Eva Cortez, an anthropology major.
"I'm doing this to test out how much I would save."
On average, the compact fluorescent light bulbs cost more than the regular type, but the savings are also based on climate conditions, age conditions, cased patterns, and energy consumption of equipment replaced.
Equipment that could help reduce global warming if checked include air conditioners, dishwashers, central furnaces, water heaters and washing machines.
"I found out that a phone charger still sucks electricity even though the phone is not attached," said Cortez.

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