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NEWS ABOUT: bulbs

bulbs stories: 2 news summaries

 EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs 

Capacity might be only speed bump to quick switch to CFLs

Jun 19, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015.  More »

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global warming • European Union • compact fluorescent bulbs • electricity • bulbs • incandescent bulbs • energy consumption

The Battle
Of the Bulbs

Men and women are light-years apart on
the merits of compact fluorescents

Apr 30, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - She's from Venus, he's from Mars when it comes to. . . compact fluorescent light bulbs. Right-thinking men everywhere are boldly buying and screwing the environmentally friendly bulbs into sockets all over the house, the Washington Post reports, while women are, in turn, unscrewing them and going back to incandescent. More »

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energy • environment • sustainable living • compact fluorescent bulbs • light bulb • bulbs

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