http://sunpowereddreams.com/2009/03/05/fluourescent-light-increasing-greenhouse-gases/ A Blog focused on green energy and global warming. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://sunpowereddreams.com/2009/03/05/fluourescent-light-increasing-greenhouse-gases/#comment-437 dB333 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:43:08 +0000 http://sunpowereddreams.com/?p=257#comment-437 Not to mention that heat released due to the low efficiency of incandescent bulbs require more COOLING in the summer time, resulting in a huge energy drain via air conditioners. I don't have hard numbers, but if any of you have stood under a set of track lighting/spot lights in a house, that's a LOT of heat to get rid of. As the author says, keep changing those bulbs! (Though LED is best, methinks! Hopefully cheap LED replacement bulbs are coming soon!) Not to mention that heat released due to the low efficiency of incandescent bulbs require more COOLING in the summer time, resulting in a huge energy drain via air conditioners. I don’t have hard numbers, but if any of you have stood under a set of track lighting/spot lights in a house, that’s a LOT of heat to get rid of.
As the author says, keep changing those bulbs! (Though LED is best, methinks! Hopefully cheap LED replacement bulbs are coming soon!)

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