Light? Bulbs: Shining a Light on Bulb Recycling ?We've received several questions about recyclinglight? bulbs, ranging from
Question:
Light? Bulbs: Shining a Light on Bulb Recycling
?We've received several questions about recyclinglight? bulbs, ranging from regular incandescents to compactfluorescents? (CFLs). Home Depot Canada is aiming to recycle1.5 million bulbs by 2011. Lasting six to 10 times longer than theaverage incandescent bulb and using up to 75 per centless? electricity, CFLs save on power consumption and cut yourelectricity bill.
Calgary
Herald?,
March? 27, 2008
The graph shows the market for CFLs.
Suppose the government decides to subsidize CFLs.
Draw the S? = MSC? - subsidy curve thatresults in the efficient quantity of lightbulbs. Labelit.
Draw a point to show the efficient quantity and themarginal private benefit at this quantity.
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Probability and Random Processes With Applications to Signal Processing and Communications
ISBN: 978-0123869814
2nd edition
Authors: Scott Miller, Donald Childers