"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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BTW, I've been using them since the late 1990's and CFLs keep
getting cheaper, more efficient and on the whole better. They are
not perfect, and we still use incandescent bulbs in some places,
but 99% of the light in my home is from either CFLs or the old-
fashioned long ones.

It's amazing that, despite their generally poor color rendering, tubular FLs
have long been tolerated in kitchens and workspaces.