CFLs

Hey guys! I just went out and bought a few CFLs today, and I had a few people ask me what they were when I mentioned them so just in case any of you still don't know exactly, here's an explanation! They cost more money (about $3 a bulb), but they can last like 8 times longer than normal bulbs. I found the article below on the website Energy Star:

CFL stands for compact fluorescent lamp, and it is a small fluorescent light bulb that uses 75% less energy than a traditional incandescent bulb and can be screwed into a regular light socket. Don’t let the fact that it is fluorescent turn you off! ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs must pass extensive testing to ensure they produce only the highest quality light.


By the way, I put 2 in my bathroom today and it lit it exactly the same, if not better! Here's another article I got from Energy Star:

CFLs provide 75-80% energy savings
An incandescent wastes 90% of its energy generating heat.
In comparison to using 100-watt incandescents, one 27-watt* CFL
can save 730,000 watts over its lifetime!
This is enough electricity to power an average home for a
month!!
Over its lifetime, one single CFL bulb prevents 2,000
pounds (1 ton) of carbon dioxide from heating the
atmosphere.
It will also prevent the emission of 8-16 pounds of sulfur dioxide
which causes acid rain.
CFLs also reduce nitrogen oxide emissions which contribute to
atmospheric ozone and can cause severe health hazards.

CFLs can be purchased at most retail stores. You can also order
them by mail. www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-ess-p2-
brightidea-vosslighting.pdf

That's pretty much it...
If you want to buy some, they sell them pretty much everywhere...
I got mine at Kroger!

--Lindsey