From gizmag:
The Smart Lite CFL: the part that destroys the planet to make, you keep. The part that destroys the planet to dispose of, you throw out and replace when it goes bad or gets broken. This is a Good Idea but it sidesteps the main problem with compact fluorescent lights, disposable or no:
They burn up their ballasts too. CFLs run hot. If you invert them so the bulb hangs down (you know, like in every cieling fan in your house?) then the bulb heats the ballast and fries the electronics.
Oh well, I guess you end up with spare tubes for the ballasts that don't burn out, with this idea.
What an environmental disaster these CLFs are. I'll be glad when we don't need artificial lighting anymore.
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