Article: Fluorescent bulbs can cast shadows on marital bliss

BLAINE HARDEN, WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-04-2007

Fluorescent bulbs can cast shadows on marital bliss -- Energy savers face battle at home
By BLAINE HARDEN, WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE
Date: 05-04-2007, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

NESKOWIN, Ore. — Alex and Sara Sifford, who live here on the Oregon coast, want to do the right thing to save a warming world.

To that end, Alex Sifford, 51, has been buying compact fluorescent light bulbs, which use about 75 percent less power than incandescent bulbs. He sneaks them into sockets all over the house. This has been driving his wife nuts.

She knows that the bulbs, called CFLs, save money and use less ...

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