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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...incandescent. But you also gain something precious when you buy a compact fluorescent: status. When your friends see the bulb screwed into the socket of your lamp, many of them will think you're a better, more socially conscious person (which you may well be). And as the aphorist Publilius Syrus wrote a couple thousand years ago, "A good reputation is more valuable than money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Competitive Altruism: Being Green in Public | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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