Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Did you know that you can help Duke Energy cut down on power plant emissions by using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs?Burning coal releases a number of combustion byproducts, including carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. We take a number of steps to reduce these emissions from coal-fired power plants. These efforts include using low-sulfur coal, ensuring highly efficient plant operation and installing equipment such as scrubbers (which helps control sulfur dioxide).
Duke Energy also relies heavily on other energy sources—nuclear power and hydroelectric power—that do not produce these emissions. Nonetheless, all of the emissions from coal-fired plants cannot be eliminated using current technology.
But by using a fluorescent light bulb—which produces the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb using less electricity—you reduce the amount of fuel a power plant must consume. As a matter of fact, replacing one standard light bulb with a fluorescent bulb will prevent, over the bulb’s lifetime, over 500 pounds of coal from being burned!
