Sunday, October 09, 2005

52 Weeks to Make the World a Better Place: Week 42 - Install long-life light-bulbs

OK, they cost somewhat more than the average budget (or even full-priced) light-bulb, but think for a moment: everyone these days is keen to 'invest', no doubt to prove what worthwhile citizens they are. A long-life light-bulb is just a small investment, but with added hidden benefits. Consideration of cost versus lifetime suggests that there's not much in it. But the energy use is around one-fifth of that of a normal light-bulb, plus it saves on the materials and manufacture of roughly a further nine such objects. Now that's got to be a bargain!

2 Comments:

Blogger x said...

i have installed a couple of them and they are perfectly fine, but this happens, at least with mine: they take a while to fully light the room. They don't instantly go on. Anybody knows why?

11:08 am  
Blogger UltraGnosis said...

Same here! I guess it's just a negative side-effect of the different materials used. But I reckon it's a small price to pay.

11:59 am  

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