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There are so many brands of CFL (Compact Florescent Lamps) and other energy efficient LEDs that it is hard to know where to start.
Consumer Reports bulb
They have done the most intense study including running the bulbs to see how long they last. It cost $26 per year for a subscription to their site and another [...]

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Some great real world lessons here. They are in short, you can’t use them in a can, with a dimmer or where you are turning them on and off alot. (That’s a lot of limitations), but they do save 4x in power. Check out 1000Bulbs.com and stay about from the $1-2/bulb ones. You have to [...]

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There are zillion new CFLs around and it is so confusing. Popular Mechanics did a review of them that seems to be the only up to date one. Going to Loews was so confusing. They cost between $1-$12 each and the lifetimes, colors and so forth seem so different. Here’s a quick summary:

CFLs use 70% [...]

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