Thursday, June 23, 2011

Not the brightest bulb (The Newsroom)

Everywhere you look, people are telling you how to go green: Walk. Recycle. Compost. Turn off the water. Turn off the lights.

But it looks like there's one place in America that didn't get the memo. The firehouse in Livermore, California has a light that's been on for 110 years. (Yes, YEARS. Not hours. Not minutes. YEARS).

Granted, it's only 4 watts, but that's what is believed to be the source of the bulb's longevity. The hand-blown globe was installed in 1901 and there's even a "bulb-cam" website where you can watch it ... being on.


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