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LED Lighting Fixtures in North Carolina has announced a major breakthrough in LED lighting technology that they claim uses only 5.8 watts of power to produce the same amount of light as that of a comparable 60 watt light bulb.

If this claim is true it heralds a major advance in the technology which many feel has great promise as the next revolution in eco-friendly lighting. While CFC’s help a great deal in reducing our energy usage they also contain Mercury which is a toxic substance that is often released into the environment by careless consumers who don’t dispose of their used CFC light bulbs properly.

The Department of Energy has estimated that LEDs could reduce national energy consumption for lighting by 29% over the next decade and a half.

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