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understanding that they contain mercury vapor, vapo --_000_7B3687D6D36D44F78FA57257C83415A0dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a complicating factor on the idea that the heat from the incandesc= ent bulb now needs to be replaced by another source. Most electricity in No= va Scotia is still generated by burning fossil fuels. In large power statio= ns, heat losses and inefficiencies in the steam turbines mean that of the 1= 00% of potential energy in the oil or coal you lose about half of that righ= t off the top. Transmission losses can easily use up another 10%. http://www.mpoweruk.com/energy_efficiency.htm
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