Incandescent or Fluorescent Light bulb?

Question

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Answer 1

Fluorescent light bulb! It costs more, but it lasts longer and is more energy efficient.

Answer 2

Almost everything in my house right now is fluorescent, except for the one light on a dimmer switch -- waiting for the technology to improve on those dimmer-capable fluorescents I'm starting to see before I switch those over as well.  I wish they'd also start putting the daylight type (see below) inside the enclosed globes, etc that look more "normal". . . not seeing those yet at all in my area.

My two favorite things about fluorescents besides the obvious lower energy costs:

1)  You can put brighter/more bulbs in without exceeding the stated wattage maximum. . . and usually *still* be using less energy than before.

2)  I love those newer "daylight" fluorescent bulbs -- the ones that are sort of bluish instead of yellowish -- and so do my plants.

Just be sure you're disposing of those old fluorescent bulbs properly and not just putting them in our landfills as-is.  You'll notice there's a little note on them that says they contain Hg (mercury). . . and we don't really need that leaching out into the environment any more than we can avoid it.

Answer 3

Well, i don't care to tell the truth, as long as it gives me light.

I hear in 2010 in Australia incandescent light bulbs are going to be banned, that's going to be inconvenient lol.

I guess florescent then.