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Are CFLs( compact flourescent lighting)good for our future?

September 5th 2010 20:16


I am sure that each of you reading this post has wondered or been a part of discussion about CFL’s(Compact Fluorescent Bulbs). The first question that you ask is about the price of the cfl’s compared to regular incandescent bulbs. Is it really worth the bigger price that you have to pay for cfls compared to incandescent bulbs? If every American household would replace just one of their regular incandescent bulbs with cfs the savings would be astonishing. We would save enough energy to light almost 1 million homes a year. That comes to almost $600 million dollars in yearly energy cost. This would also prevent 1 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions a year. That is almost equal to 800,000 cars.

These cfls can save you more than $40 dollars in electricity in its lifetime. This is just 1 bulb . What about 10? Cfls also use about 75% less energy than standard incandescent bulbs. They also last up to 10 times longer. That is a couple of good money saving reasons to switch to cfls.They also produce about 75% less heat than incandescent bulbs. This makes them safer to use in your household. Take a look at your ceiling fixtures and see how many incandescent bulbs you have. Do not touch them but put your hand close enough to feel the heat that is coming off your bulbs. Now think about those ceiling fixtures that have more than one bulb such as maybe that ceiling fan in your bedroom. Think of the heat produced and circulated when that fan is turned on.

How do cfls work?

Cfls produce light differently from incandescent lights. In an incandescent bulb electricity flows thru a small wire called a filament. The filament heats and starts to glow. This is a lot of where your heat is coming from in the incandescent bulb. In cfls The current travels thru a small tube containing argon and a small amount of mercury. This generates ultraviolet light that brightens up a fluorescent coating called phospherous on the inside of the tube.


I will just let you make up your own mind about cfls.. As for me I am just beginning my own conversion. But eventually I hope to have all cfls. Why not save money? Why not help our environment.? Why not go green? We have nothing to lose but lots to gain.

HAPPY CONSERVING !!!!!!
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