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Article: Compact fluorescent bulbs save energy and bucks
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 4, 2008
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
In the 1800s, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb.
And great inventions were made to be improved upon.
These days, people who are concerned with saving energy - and on
their bills - are opting for those funny shaped compact fluorescent
lights.
The bulbs, which are sometimes called CFLs, save consumers a
pretty penny when their electric bill comes out. They also are used
to save energy and decrease pollution.
Paul Wilson, a lighting specialist at Goldfarb Electric Supply,
said the newer energy-efficient bulbs use about a quarter of the
energy of incandescent bulbs. So if a lamp takes a 60-watt
incandescent light bulb, a 15-watt compact fluorescent lights will ...