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Old 09-17-2009, 10:21 AM   #140
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I'm astonished people are still using them. I haven't used incandescent bulbs for the past 13 years. And now the cost advantage of compact fluorescents over incandescents is compelling...
...(cost of incandescent for 600 hours = £0.89 + 600*£0.01 = £6.89
cost of fluorescent for 600 hours = £5.35 + 600*£0.002 = £6.55)
Yeah, sure, 8000 hours...

Please, don't be so astonished, when you find an "energy efficient" fluorescent lightbulb that do not fail after 2 or 3 years of 2 hours/day use (where did I put the f***** ticket?) let me know please.

All this thing is a nice scam.

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