BEING GREEN NEED NOT BE UGLY
We have been in the lighting industry for 25 years and can remember the first generation of “Green” low energy light bulbs. They resembled an upside down milk bottle and were as heavy as a full bottle of milk. The concern was that it might fall down, and also it looked Ugly.
During the past 10 years manufacturers have tried and tried again to encourage us to “Go Green”. They have done little to encourage us by ensuring that whilst “Going Green”, we didn’t have to spend a small fortune in the process.
The manufacturers marketing was exceptional, especially at pointing out that the Low Energy Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL) would indeed save us some pennies, but not quite enough pennies to make us want to spend out in the first place!
So with the cost and the ascetic quality of these light bulbs being what they were, all in all most people tried one or two versions of the “Green” Light Bulbs. They were generally only placed out of view so as not to compromise the decorative value of their homes.
Manufacturers have now introduced much more variety of CFL Light Bulbs and with great efficiency; they have reduced the purchase costs considerably. More over, the manufacturers have also gone a long way to make the product both dimensionally and ascetically better and pleasing to the eye.
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