On 8 Oct 2005 04:22:34 -0700, wrote:

| Thanks sorry for typo. Yes you're right about electricity being less
| efficient, although I'm in France and our rather new apartment block
| uses electric heating only (probably cheaper than the UK: France got
| loads of nuke stations). So no difference compared to gas. But the
| other guys are right, most of the heat from incandescents go right to
| the top of the ceiling (not many people up there).
| About the better lifespan of fluorescents, I'd assume that it's more or
| less exactly offset by their greater purchase cost?

Over the years, fluorescent and Energy saving lights are **much** cheaper,
especially as the price of energy saving lights has fallen to GBP3

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