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Another reason compact fluorescent bulbs were a mistake.
by sthnblllII 6y ago
Another reason compact fluorescent bulbs were a mistake.
- tuatoru 6y agoThere's more mercury released into the environment from incandescent bulbs than CFLs -- or there was, when incandescents were still common and so were coal-fired power plants, and the Obama-era regulation of mercury emissions from power plants hadn't come into force. Now, of course, we have LEDs in place of CFLs, and coal burning power generation is on the way out, so it's all moot.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoIs that comparison true on a socket for socket basis? Low adoption of CFL shouldn't excuse any poor pollution characteristics.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoThe idea was to get an efficiency law passed and now we have a huge move to LED bulbs as a result. So, no, it wasn't a mistake, the CFLs were a stepping stone.