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Light Bulb's Promises Are True Only Where Nighttime Lasts Three Hours
Rick bought a light bulb at Home Depot that turned into more of a geography test. The question it poses: is there anywhere in the world that has an average of three hours of darkness year-round? The...
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Ikea To Put Dimmer Switch On Incandescent Light Sales
If for some reason you have a truly heartfelt attachment to the incandescent lights sold at Ikea, you might want to get your hoard on ASAP. The Swedish furniture change has announced plans to begin...
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Do Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Really Last 10 Years?
Now that you’ve replaced every bulb in your home with those twisty compact fluorescents, you can relax for a while, right? They last 10 years, so by the time you have to change another bulb, you’ll be...
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Congressmen Vow To Fight For Your Right To Wasteful Light Bulbs
There are only a few months to go before a long-awaited ban on inefficient light bulbs kicks in. And even though Congressional opponents of the regulation failed yesterday in their bid to stop it, they...
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Shoppers Hoarding Incandescent Light Bulbs As New Regulations Loom
It’s been nearly four years since Congress voted to phase out low-efficiency incadescent light bulbs, but fans of the bright lights still have a few months before the regulations begin kicking in. And...
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Philips Recalls 1.86 Million Potentially Plummeting Compact Fluorescent Flood...
Philips and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a few weeks ago the recall of about 1.86 million compact fluorescent floodlamps sold under the EnergySaver and Marathon brands...
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Old School Incandescent Bulbs Get 9-Month Stay Of Execution
In spite of the fact that regulations to phase out high-wattage incandescent bulbs were signed into law in 2007, the ability to buy antiquated, inefficient lighting somehow became a lightning rod topic...
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Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: You're Using Them Wrong
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are great for energy savings, but their other stated benefit–lasting longer than incandescent bulbs–often doesn’t live up to the half-decade advertised on the package....
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Dimmer Switch On Enforcement Unlikely To Darken Lightbulb Efficiency Standards
(Brian Wolf) Congress is all set to pass a $1.1 trillion budget this week. The massive spending bill, which has already cleared the House and is likely to pass in the Senate, affects every federal...
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GE To Phase Out CFL Bulbs In Favor Of LED
Both retailers and consumers are increasingly choosing higher-efficiency LED lights over incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, and General Electric is responding, announcing plans to end...
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