In the USA, if each house swapped three 60W bulbs for (CFL) also called Compact Fluorescent Lamps or fluorescent bulbs using one quarter the energy (15W), and they were used six hours per day, the saving of CO2 emission would be equivalent to putting 3,500,000 cars off the road!
Great !
But are these energy savings so outstanding ?
In fact, each household could make exactly the same energy savings by driving their cars 1.2 miles less per day.
Big deal?
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I planto give you next time some facts about how green are these fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) …
Jacques Schonek
thank you for this interesting approach, i wonder what are the regulations on this subject, do the European States will taxe soon strongly the old technology bulbs in favor of the fluorescent bulbs ; do you think that the market will keep the 2 ? -may be it’s already the case -
any way, I am waiting for your next post about “how green are they” ; in my case i have some douts and would be interested to stock some old ones for my home …
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Probably, the way to eliminate the incandescent lamps will be through regulations. For example changing the rules so that they will not have the CE marking anymore.