I am not in favor of the govt. mandating anything.
However, since I started replacing the lightbulbs in my house with the CFL’s , I have yet to replace one.
I replace the incandescent outside post light about every 6 months.
Also, the amount of mercury in one thermometer is about 5000x more than a CFL lightbulb.
Lastly, LED’s will eventually replace both CFL’s and incandescent bulbs. I have already replaced all my Christmas tree lights with LED’s. They have come down dramatically in the last 3 years. Plus they do not get hot.
What do you do with them when they go out?
“Lastly, LED’s will eventually replace both CFL’s and incandescent bulbs. I have already replaced all my Christmas tree lights with LED’s. They have come down dramatically in the last 3 years. Plus they do not get hot.”
Praying for the day LED replaces the 1000 Watts of lighting we have on our salt water reef aquarium. Right now our power meter spins like a 78 record. Even had cops knock on the door once suspecting we had a pot growing operation because we used so much more power than everyone else. Thankfully the Officer was very interested in the hobby and we had a good laugh and talked fish. Am told LED is coming for us - but how long?
I replaced all my incandescents with CFL’s about a year ago, but I did it to cut my utility bill, not because the government told me to.
Just this last weekend, I replaced all the lamps in my bathroom vanity with LED’s (six of ‘em.) Still too expensive to do the whole house right now, but I’m hoping they’ll come down in price as more people buy them.
We started lamping the house with them over a decade ago, using them more in interior spaces as light quality improved. So far 4 have died -- one of the first two installed, running 24/7, started failing in December and was replaced.
Also, the amount of mercury in one thermometer is about 5000x more than a CFL lightbulb.
I think you're off a bit. The old fever thermometers contained somewhere from .5 to 3 grams of mercury. I believe CFLs today are down around 3 milligrams. So the ratio is approximately 1:160 to 1:1000.
I broke two of those as a boy. Which is equivalent to 300 to 2000 CFLs.
If we say that I've been using all CFLs for 5 years and 4 quit, and that's their steady rate of burnout, somewhere in 75 to 500 years I will have "released" as much mercury as I did with those two thermometers.
We added CFLs to our house 4 years ago...so far 10-12 have failed.
Me not be happy.
If Congress can overcome the inertia needed to repeal this law, next they should get rid of Ethanol...it’s bad from everyones point of view (except for certain farmers).
thats funny cuz when I replaced all my bulbs with CFl’s my electric bill went up about $100.00 per month, went back to the old bulbs and the electric bill went down.
True; that "DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON" nonsense about the danger of broken CFLs is just more greenie-weenie fearmongering.