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Upton flips a switch on CFL bulbs--Feeling heat, lawmaker sees light on incandescents
The Washington Times ^
| December 6, 2010
| Stephan Dinan
Posted on 12/06/2010 6:42:56 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: stylin19a
I haven't been keeping written records, but I don't think I am getting 10 times the usage out of CFLs. I think turn them on and off is hard on them. The bulbs themselves really vary in light quality, as well.
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posted on
12/06/2010 9:06:41 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: The Great RJ
I just put an LED floodlight bulb in one of my outdoor sockets. The other 4 lights are halogen. They're on from dusk to dawn and the halogens last about 5-6 months. It'll be interesting to see how long the LED lasts.
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posted on
12/06/2010 9:22:20 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: USNBandit
I think turn them on and off is hard on them.I agree. We use some in lamps we switch on and off frequently. I don't think they last as long as incandescents in that type of application. It seems we are constantly changing them.
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posted on
12/06/2010 9:42:21 PM PST
by
Jess79
To: USNBandit
>”I think turn them on and off is hard on them”<
Sounds like my High School Girlfriend.
To: surroundedbyblue
Last I looked in my area the nearest location open daily is about a 40 mile (80 mile) round trip to dispose of CFL’s or other fluorescent bulbs. Most of the time I just bag it in it’s own bag an toss in in the regular trash, as I suspect most people do.
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posted on
12/06/2010 10:43:13 PM PST
by
matt04
To: stylin19a
I got one to last about 6-8 years. Though that was only on for a few hours a day, on a timer. The rest last 3-5 years, usually closer to 3.
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posted on
12/06/2010 10:46:27 PM PST
by
matt04
To: EyeGuy
Have you seen some of the new toilets that are coming out? They use even less water! 1.2 gallons instead of 1.6.
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posted on
12/06/2010 10:52:05 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: Stonewall Jackson
“Have you seen some of the new toilets that are coming out? They use even less water! 1.2 gallons instead of 1.6.”
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Multiple flushes-Unintended consequences from the IdiotLeft again.
My naming convention will thus have to extend well into Gore’s second cousins.
#######
How about a tall, cool glass of lemonade, General Jackson?
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posted on
12/06/2010 10:56:50 PM PST
by
EyeGuy
(')
To: surroundedbyblue
Who are the MORONS that thought this was a good idea??!??!Right Here It was part of their on time delivery to store with reduced on hand inventory plan. Fewer bulbs on the shelves at higher prices plus an extra added bonus of appeasements to so called environmentalist. The incandescents disappeared off the shelves there real fast. Now THEY'RE BACK. I'll buy good old reliable efficient incandescents at Lowes from now on. They didn't cave to PC.
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posted on
12/06/2010 11:07:34 PM PST
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: EyeGuy
Actually, I think I’ll cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.
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posted on
12/06/2010 11:13:24 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: jazusamo
The same people who want everybody to use CFLs to save electric power, expect everybody to be able to charge an electric car, and still take out generating plants and hydroelectric dams.
DG
To: surroundedbyblue
. You cant even throw them in the trash theyre so damn toxic.
I have no problems tossing out those bulb. Have done it dozens of times. Why, do they stick to your hands or jump out of your garbage?
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posted on
12/07/2010 1:08:38 AM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat, they sh#t on)
To: jazusamo
I remember when the electric company gave you bulbs free. All you had to do was pay your bill at one of their stores and you walked out with a bag full of light bulbs....The government decided it was a trust and didn't allow competition. So they wrote a law.....surprise....now we pay for them and then they outlaw them....I'll bet a lot of politician's bought the right stock before the law was written...follow the money.. the bulbs had a longer life span also, cause they were free..
To: surroundedbyblue
I throw them in the trash.
If environmentalist say it’s good for the environment, then they are good for the environment, no matter where they are. Right?
And if it causes problems, I’ll direct all complaints to all the enviromentalist groups out there.
:-P
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posted on
12/07/2010 6:50:18 AM PST
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: HP8753
What’s wrong with that? We’d just be helping them help the environment, so they would be grateful for our assistance.
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posted on
12/07/2010 6:53:06 AM PST
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
” If they repeal this stupid law, Ive got a huge pile of incandescent bulbs I really dont need.”
You did well. Those lightbulbs you bought at $1.00 a four-pak, will sell for $2.00 a four-pak in a few years. Hold a yard sale every weekend and make beer and pizza money. Consider your buy a hedge against inflation.
To: stylin19a
CFLs, on the other hand, can last up to 10 times as long anybody seen this to be true ? I haven't yet.
No, we had to replace several CFL bulbs that were no where close to five years old. OTOH, we have one incandescent bulb - it is on an electric eye - that has been in the front yard lamp post since 1990.
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posted on
12/07/2010 7:41:48 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(Whether corruption is in politics, science, education, research, etc., always follow the money.)
To: DoorGunner
You’re dead on the money. If ever there are enough electric cars to make a real difference in petroleum usage (which I don’t believe there will be) they’ll have to build a lot of the dreaded nuclear plants to charge the cars, solar and wind power won’t even begin to do it.
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posted on
12/07/2010 10:44:09 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: P-Marlowe
9 months out of the year the heat produced by incandescents is not wasted, but contributes to the heating of the home. Not if Florida.
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posted on
12/07/2010 10:57:00 AM PST
by
SeeSac
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If they repeal this stupid law, Ive got a huge pile of incandescent bulbs I really dont need.Did you stockpile on the hopes of making it rich?
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posted on
12/07/2010 10:58:33 AM PST
by
SeeSac
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