http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6679/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/never-mind-fluorescent-light-bulbs-not-quite-earth-saving-advertised <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times belatedly realizes the new bulbs are no environmental panacea: &quot;It sounds like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. But a lot of people these days are finding the new compact fluorescent bulbs anything but simple. Consumers who are trying them say they sometimes fail to work, or wear out early. At best, people discover that using the bulbs requires learning a long list of dos and don&#039;ts.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">News flash, Times readers: Those controversial fluorescent light bulbs may not be quite the inexpensive Earth-savers we had anticipated, wearing out quickly when they work at all as well as casting unattractive light. So said Saturday's front-page story by Leora Broydo Vestel from San Francisco.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/never-mind-fluorescent-light-bulbs-not-quite-earth-saving-advertised" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Environment FluorescentLights GlobalWarming LeoraBroydoVestel NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000 admin 6744 at http://archive2.mrc.org