Steve Jobs has sent out an open letter to customers and shareholders that highlights Apple's plans to be more environmentally friendly. In the letter, the Apple CEO revealed that the company plans to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of mercury in their displays by switching to LED backlighting when technically and economically feasible.

"We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007," he wrote. "Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays."

According to AppleInsider, not only would switching to LED backlighting help Apple become cleaner and greener, it would also mean more efficient and less power-consuming displays. AppleInsider notes that LED technology is "more efficient at distributing lighting evenly across the entire display surface and offers an increase in color saturation." It also runs cooler and lasts longer than CCFLs.