Monday, January 11, 2010

CFL Bulbs by Troy

By Troy







Nowadays making their homes more energy efficient is very important to famlies. One way to do that is to install Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs(CFLs). These bulbs use a little more energy when they are first used, but once the electricity starts moving they use 75% less energy than normal bulbs. On average you will save $30.00 per bulb, and it will pay for itself in six months. If every household replaced 3 regular bulbs with CFls the pollution savings would be the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off the road! The one downside to these efficient bulbs is the trace amounts of mercury. When they burn out you need to reycycle them at the closest reycycling location.

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