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Originally Posted by ken0042
It just bugs me, a neighbour who refuses to use CFL bulbs in their house called to tell us we needed to turn off our lights; meanwhile I can count on one hand the number of incandescent bulbs I have in my house.
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Interior CFL bulbs don't save near as much energy as people think. The waste energy in incandescent bulbs is emitted 100% as heat. Since in Calgary we heat our houses 8 months of the year, that heat load is made up by running the furnace more.