The Modern CFL Turns 25
OSRAM SYLVANIA announced earlier this year that the year 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the development of the modern compact fluorescent lamp.
The lighting industry began tracking sales of integrated CFLs in the United States in 1997, when just 13.3 million units were sold, compared to 2.8 billion incandescent bulbs. Integrated CFL sales in the United States increased to 57 million bulbs in 2001 and to more than 273 million in 2009. In Canada, the number of CFLs sold went from just under 1 million pieces in 2001 to a high of over 46 million pieces in 2007. The 2009 SYLVANIA Socket Survey has found more than 70 percent of American households now have at least one CFL.
Happy birthday, CFL!
Hopefully cfls will spend their 30th anniversary in a museum.
They had their time – typewriters still can do the task they were
made to do – but its the 21st century who wants outdated/substandard
technology in either of those products.SSLPro