| Myth #4: Reduced Air and Water Pollution: Part 1. Replacing one incandescent bulb with a CFL keeps a half-ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere over the life of the bulb. | Fact #4: Creating electricity creates CO2. When all the energy used to create, run and dispose of a CFL is considered, CFLs use more energy = more CO2. |
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Shipments of Incandescent Lamps Illuminate at the Close of 2011 NEMA’s indexes for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamp shipments increased by 29.4 and 3.6 percent, respectively, during Q4 2011…
