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" The Compact Flourescent Lightbulb (CFL)\u2014you know, the swirly-doodley one\u2014is perhaps the greatest invention since . . . well . . . the original light bulb. An eco win-win, CFLs not only consume up to 75% less energy than their incandescent siblings, but also last 10 times longer, while saving hundreds\u2014yes hundreds\u2014on your electricity bill.   FACT: You&amp;#039;ll save $30 or more in electricity costs over each bulb&amp;#039;s lifetime. Replace 45 incandescent bulbs (the average per U.S. household) and you&amp;#039;ll save $180 per year (source energystar.gov).   According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if just one million households replaced four traditional bulbs with four CFLs we&amp;#039;d eliminate 900,000 tons of greenhouse gases. If every American household changed just one light bulb to a CFL, we would save enough power to light more than 2.5 million homes. That&amp;#039;s doing far more than taking 3.5 million cars off the road . . . permanently! To boot, CFLs are beautiful (they look like ice-cream). They fit into three-way bulbs, emit a pleasant, &amp;quot;soft white&amp;quot; glow and are dimmable . . . bam-chica-wa-wa.  Olivia Zaleski is a green living expert. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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