There's also a nice demonstration where they compared incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs in terms of heat generation and energy usage. And there were two comparisons of batteries and they both came out with the same results. I thought that was interesting.
Quotes about fluorescent (9 Quotes)
Born after sunset, dead by daybreak, his 11-hour scrap of existence was little more than a shuttle down fluorescent hallways, a tour of wards and laboratories.
We were on-and-off in the first round, like a fluorescent lamp that takes a while to light. This second round, we wanted to be a bulb that lights up right away.
The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.
Signage has been placed in the middle of the road to make drivers more aware. We had the city paint the crosswalks white and fluorescent green.
It's really a time saver, ... I can tell my gaffer, 'Put a stick in the corner over there,' and he'll install a fluorescent tube that illuminates a small area.
Compact fluorescent lamps had technological advantages over incandescent lamps, but the industry did a poor job of selling that technology and it didn't take off.
The evidence is overwhelming that even simple changes can be a big help and have a huge cumulative impact. If every American switched just three light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs, it would be the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off the road. If everyone switched to a car with five miles-per-gallon better mileage, that would be equal to the taking another 150 million automobiles off the roads. Individual actions add up to big changes.
Now that fluorescent bulbs are more commonplace, that's one piece of the picture that's contributing to savings.