Touted to last ten years; the little squggley bulbs do NOT last two years. We've replaced Edison's marvelous invention with this worthless, underpowered piece of crap puked out by the liberal pansies who rule and ruin our lives. Now we've gone back to the stores to buy up all the USA made light bulbs we can.
Hey new HR: get this piece of crap thrown at us by your predecessors and while you're at it find out why the fools saddled the trucking industry with expensive diesel fuel that only makes the cost of goods rise!
It is past time we had our own version of the Tea Party. What should be done is to demand that this law be overturned, and if it is not, the people should march on the Capitol building armed to the teeth with CFL mercury vapor lights and start tossing them on the steps of Congress.
Let the eat mercury!
“Fluorescent lights are filled with a gas containing low-pressure mercury vapor and argon, or sometimes even krypton. The inner surface of the bulb is coated with a fluorescent coating made of varying blends of metallic and rare earth phosphor salts. Fluorescent light bulbs are more energy efficient than incandescent light bulbs of an equivalent brightness, and the efficiency of fluorescent lighting owes much to low-pressure mercuryphoton discharges. But fluorescents don’t produce a steady light, and they burn out more quickly when cycled frequently; they also contain items such as fluorine, neon, and lead powder as well as mercury.”
Let’s see, mercury powder, argon, Krypton, phosphor salts,fluorine, neon and lead powder. Hmm...I wonder how THIS got past the EPA? Oh, That’s Right, it only harms evil humans...
I’m confused why we aren’t moving to LED bulbs.
Oh yea, longer life, lower power requirements, and more durable. who’d want those
Of course, we’d make them here and not in china
CFL’s don’t work worth a damn keeping my pump house pipes from freezing, either......
The article has a weird fixation on “the 100-watt incandescent light bulb”. I think the ban will apply to all incandescent light bulbs. If not the ban would ban very little.
And, of course, George W. Bush signed this absurd bill into law.
This isn’t the first time this happened, where US companies more or less “colluded” with the green weenies to change what products are manufactured. The US chemical and refrigeration industry were in on the whole CFC thing too. Remember the good old R-12 refrigerant? Well, it seems that all the patents expired on it, and it became relatively cheap to manufacture. So competitors were cutting in on US company profits. The new stuff had valid patents and was more expensive to manufacture. So, let’s ban the old stuff, and force consumers to buy new appliances and refrigerant units because the old units can’t be serviced. What a great deal.
“We’ve replaced Edison’s marvelous invention with this worthless, underpowered piece of crap puked out by the liberal pansies who rule and ruin our lives.”
VERY well said!
Blaming an inanimate object is misguided and precisely what liberals want. Try putting the blame where it really belongs...on the lawmakers who ramrodded this asinine decision through.
Some of us actually like the bulbs, and in some cases for exactly the reasons others dislike them (lack of heat) but EVERYONE should have been able to choose whatever lightbulb tickles their fancy.
Payoff to the trial lawyers.
In a few years some sort of pseudo-science will get ginned up about the mercury or the phosphors getting into groundwater, or the milk supply, or something else (maybe RF radiation from the ballasts will be shown to cause impotence among lesbians), and there’ll be a massive class action lawsuit, $500 billion or so, which will go to a consortium of legal bottom-feeders. They, in return, will kick back 25 or 30 percent of it by “contributing” to the Democrat party.
You wait and see.
simple solution. remove the labelling of “incandescent light” and label them as “300btu heating elements.”
If I recall correctly, this entire CFL requirement was pushed by General Electric which would profit handsomely from its passing.
While shopping for incandescent bulbs the other day, I noticed that the largest watt bulbs GE was selling was 75w. Since I no longer buy GE products, I passed.
Then I noticed that Philips is now selling a 95w bulb so that’s what I stocked up on. I think they probably came up with the 95w bulb to still be legal (it’s not 100w!) and screw with GE. Everyone should help them out and buy Philips 95w bulbs. No doubt GE will try to get legislation passed to shut them down.
You forgot to mention washing machines — the new top loading ones are crap (so says Consumer Reports) but, hey, they are energy efficient.
From the EPA:
Fluorescent light bulbs contain a small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing. When a fluorescent bulb breaks in your home, some of this mercury is released as mercury vapor. The broken bulb can continue to release mercury vapor until it is cleaned up and removed from the residence. To minimize exposure to mercury vapor, EPA recommends that residents follow the cleanup and disposal steps described below.
This page presents only the most important steps to reduce exposure to mercury vapor from a broken bulb - the detailed recommendations are three pages long.
Before cleanup
- Have people and pets leave the room.
- Air out the room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment.
- Shut off the central forced air heating/air-conditioning system, if you have one.
- Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.
During cleanup
- Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder.
- Place cleanup materials in a sealable container.
After cleanup
- Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly.
- Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.
- If practical, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating/air conditioning system shut off for several hours.
Sounds like there is no problem if you break one, as long as no one (including pets) touches it or breathes the air.
Our asinine federal government is dedicated to making life as miserable as possible for citizens until they finish their work in totally destroying the economy and consigning us to permanent 3d world stature.
They are elected to represent their constituents but as soon as they are sworn in they start representing every interest except those of their constituents.
The republicans and democrats are often criticized for not being able to cooperate, but on issues like this, that raise our cost of living and add to our discomfort, they show an amazing ability to reach bipartisan concensus.
Incandescent 100 watt bulbs were recently on sale in my area at $ .75 for a pack of four - about 19 cents each.
A 100 watt equivalent, 26 watt CFL runs $2 to $3 or more.
Amazon sells the 100 watt equivalent Maxxima BR40 LED Light Bulb for $59.99. But shipping is free! I will never
I have incandescent bulbs that have lasted for too many years to count. And I have had some that burned out quickly. But What The Hey! - It’s only 20 cents for a new one.
I had a pack of CFL’s given to me and two of them burned out in a matter of weeks. They’re in the landfill now.
I will never know how long a $60 LED will last because I will never own one.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/GE-LIGHTING-Lamp-5V600?Pid=search
A little pricey - $0.63 each, but hey, at least you can still buy them. Make up a company name if you don't already have an LLC.
You can purchase incandescent bulbs rated for 25,000 hours that are called Decade Bulbs because if you use them for an average of 7 hours a day they’ll last almost 10 years. They are used by the hospitality industry and the company I purchase them from is National Hospitality Supply. You can get a 24 pack of standards frosted light bulbs for $25.00 before shipping.
Stock up while you can.
http://www.nathosp.com/product/25k19_c/standard_incandescent_light_bulbs
...and another damned thing!
Stop redesigning the fuel that goes into our cars and trucks. The fact that they’ve made diesel so freaking expensive is the reason that eggs cost $2.00 a dozen, that and the fact that using corn to run the internal combustion engine is so ridiculous I’ve run out of breath!
It's obvious why liberals love these new bulbs. The new bulbs are as wonderful as low flush toilets that won't flush, dish detergents that won't get the dishes clean, french fries that tastes like cardboard, etc. etc.