NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New Year's 2008 turned green -- not with envy but with an environmentally friendly celebration in New York.
CNN reports the 1,415-pound crystal globe that drops in Times Square was outfitted with more than 9,500 energy-efficient diodes, using about the same amount of energy to light the 600 crystals as 10 toasters. By contrast, the first ball was made of iron and wood and was lit with 100 light bulbs in 1907.