| The fluorescent bulbs of today are a far
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| | watt CFL over a 75 watt incandescent
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| cry from those loudly buzzing, sterile
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| | bulb. Within the first 500 hours of use,
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| white tubes seen in offices and hospitals
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| | your bulb has made up for it's initially
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| in the 80's. Now available in a wide
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| | higher price. What's more, compact
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| range of styles and "color temperatures,"
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| | fluorescent bulbs last an average of 10
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| eco-friendly compact fluorescent lamps
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| | to 15 times longer than a standard
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| (CFLs) are designed for the home and
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| | filament bulb, putting an end to chronic
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| screw into many of the medium socket and
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| | bulb replacement and halting the surge of
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| candelabra lamps sold on our site. Use
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| | burnt out bulbs entering our landfills.
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| them in ceiling fixtures, sconces,
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| | And since CFL's expend less energy, there
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| chandeliers and other light fixtures.
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| | is less demand on electric power plants
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| Very simply put, CFLs generate light when
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| | that burn polluting fossil fuels.
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| electrons from the bulb's ballast collide
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| | Amazingly, swapping out ONE incandescent
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| with mercury vapor throughout the bulb's
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| | bulb with a CFL will keep half a ton of
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| length, which in turn stimulates a
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| | CO2 out of the air for the CFL's
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| phosphor coating on the inside of the
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| | lifetime! You can make a positive impact
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| glass. The result is a steady
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| | on the environment simply by screwing in
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| luminescence that is also incredibly
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| | a CFL.
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| energy-efficient, because more energy is
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| | Once a CFL is spent, it's legal to throw
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| spent on producing light (measured in
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| | it in the trash; however, these
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| lumens) and less is wasted on producing
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| | energy-efficient bulbs do contain trace
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| heat! This is why CFLs stay cooler to the
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| | amounts of mercury vapor. If they are
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| touch than an incandescent bulb, and why
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| | sent to an incinerator, this mercury
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| a low-watt CFL brightens a room with the
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| | could enter the atmosphere. Instead,
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| same intensity of a high watt
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| | collect your CFLs for your community
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| incandescent bulb. Incandescent bulbs and
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| | household hazardous waste collection for
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| their CFL equivalent are as follows:
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| | treatment and recycling; if a bulb
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| 60 Watts=13-18 Watts CFL
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| | breaks, take care not to inhale the vapor
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| 75 Watts=18-22 Watts CFL
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| | and promptly wipe up pieces with a wet
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| 100 Watts=23-28 Watts CFL
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| | rag. Toss everything, including the rag,
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| 150 Watts=30-38 Watts CFL
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| | into a plastic bag for proper disposal.
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| But it gets even better! Because compact
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| | It's important to note that the overall
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| fluorescent lamps use about 66% less
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| | benefits of a CFL's energy-saving
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| energy than incandescent bulbs for the
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| | operation far outweigh any risk trace
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| same amount of light, you can save up to
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| | amounts of mercury vapor in the bulb may
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| $45 dollars a year when you choose an 18
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| | pose to landfills.
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