Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

A little more followup.  The discussion after the article (about whose
statistics can be trusted) mirrors the discussion we've had here.

May 17, 2007,  11:33 am
Green Isn?t Clean In the Laundry Room
By John Tierney

<<. . . if these efficient appliances are such a great deal, why do people
have
to be forced to buy them?  . . . it looks as if consumers are less
shortsighted than the energy experts in Washington. Thanks to new federal
standards, washing machines are using less energy ? but as a result they
cost more and clean less, as Consumer Reports concludes in its new issue:>>

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/green-isnt-clean-in-the-laund
ry-room/

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Bobby G.