{"id":145,"date":"2007-06-01T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/what-good-are-cfls-plenty-good-enough\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:56:01","slug":"what-good-are-cfls-plenty-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/what-good-are-cfls-plenty-good\/","title":{"rendered":"What Good Are CFL&#8217;s? &#8230;Plenty Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/cfl.gif\" alt=\"CFL\" \/><br \/>\nEmbrace the compact flourescent lamps (CFL&#8217;s) and ditch the incandescent bulbs. These swirly little glowers give more light with less energy. A CFL of 26 watts equates to your standard 100 watt bulb.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These CFL&#8217;s use only one quarter of the electricity and last several years longer than incandescent bulbs. 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