hausdok Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 By Scott Simpson - Vancouver Sun Compact fluorescent lights are a darling of the environmental movement, but they're also likely to cause a net increase in greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a BC Hydro document. Over the past five years, Hydro's promotion of compact fluorescents, or CFLs, has been so effective that British Columbia is now a North American leader in using the energy-saving bulbs. However, in a recent filing to the B.C. Utilities Commission, Hydro states that widespread adoption of CFLs will have unintended consequences for the environment. To read more in the Vancouver Sun, click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 They're using logic that's only relevant if you get all your energy from non-GHG sources (...gee, they work for BC Hydro) and your house is always in heating mode. I suppose there are small fractions of the world where that is true, but to extrapolate that to the larger population on this planet is absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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