Since there are some non-naïve, i.e. professional physicists, as well as just gererally smart people in FRIAM, I pose the following fun question. Given: two transparent, sealed containers filled with air - one contains an incandescent light bulb A that consumes 100 watts of energy; the other container contains a fluorescent light bulb B that also *consumes* 100 watts of energy. Since B is of a more efficient design, it will produce more light than A. Assuming the same color temperature light is produced by A and B, and ignoring any feedback effects of rising temperatures inside the respective containers, will the temperatures inside the containers reach the same temperature? Naïve physicist G (me) thinks that since more light is escaping from the container containing B, that its temperature will rise less. G also thinks that if the containers are opaque, that the temperatures will rise by the same amount. But G is besieged with doubts. Please help G.
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