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We have switched to compact floresent in just about every lamp, the ONLY complaint is that the out side lites take a little while to get warmed up , I have been useing a floresent drop lite for YEARS , they are less sesaptable to breakage , cooler , and the lite is LESS sharp than incandesant blubs (easyer on the eyes in a dark scale pit ) , also you can warm up your hands ( a little ) with them . A year or two ago we got sideing ( with extra insulation ) Eglass windows ALL around (not cheap but our windows SUCKED( and leaked ) And I HATE painting a house !!!) , we can tell the difference onour utility bill last month it was $ 125, last years for this month was about $180 .

At one of my customers ( a steel mill ) they are grinding up old tires and injecting them into the steel , tires are about 80% carbon and 10% steel ( both of these comoditys they have to buy ) the State bought them the grinder and is giveing them a BIG tax break to try this , so far they are happy with the results , they go thru about a full barge of tires a day .