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In article , Andy Burns
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Capitol wrote:

Some of my CFLs are 30years old. The modern CFLs die like flies IME.

Were CFLs available as long ago as 30 years? My impression is that they
have only been available for about 10-15 years - maybe that's when the
government and energy companies started promoting them more.


they were certainly around well before I retired - in 1996.

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