Are CFL's Designed to Make Us Pay More on Our Power Bills?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: August 18, 2008 6:14:54 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Are CFL's Designed to Make Us Pay More on Our  
Power Bills?

[Note:  This item comes from reader Jack Unger.  DLH]

From: Jack Unger <junger () ask-wi com>
Date: August 17, 2008 2:25:34 PM PDT
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Subject: Are CFL’s Designed to Make Us Pay More on Our Power Bills?

There is much talk about Compact Fluorescent Lamps recently. These are  
the small glass fluorescent tubes often shaped into a coil, designed  
to directly replace regular incandescent light bulbs. These new CFL’s  
have been touted to save energy, and they do certainly save  
significant amounts of electricity. But there are some interesting and  
largely unknown facts about these devices. It would appear that those  
sold within the United States and other countries may be specifically  
designed to allow the utility corporations to bill us nearly double  
what we should be paying for their use...


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