CFL not bright enough? Go up one wattage (use a 15-watt CFL instead of a 13)
Don’t like the color? Try a different color.
Had one that didn’t last as long as promised? You should have saved your receipt and taken it back for a replacement.
None of the CFL’s you buy last? Quit buying cheap, off-brand bulbs.
CFL’s too expensive? Are you kidding? According to the U.S. Department of Energy, each CFL saves the consumer $35 over the life of the bulb compared to using (and replacing) incandescent bulbs. Remember, 90 percent of the energy consumed by incandescents is wasted as heat, not light.
But I live in a cold climate, heat is good, right? Surely there are more economical ways of heating your home than running light bulbs?
Sticker shock still got you down? Look for sales. Better yet, watch for rebates from your utility company. Some electric companies will even give you some bulbs.
CFLs won’t fit your fixture? Shop around. There is probably one that will (they’ve gotten smaller, you know). Or, worst case, don’t use a CFL in THAT fixture.
CFL’s don’t work in ceiling fans? Sure they do. You just have to buy the right ones.
CFL’s don’t work in the cold? OK, use an incandescent bulb in your outdoor fixture. You have permission.
But they contain mercury! Please, you probably work in an office or store with the entire ceiling lined with traditional fluorescent light bulbs. You’ve been existing underneath a sea of mercury for 40 years and you’re now just starting to care? Give us a break. Hell, if we were talking about mercury in fish, you’d be telling us about how you used to play with the mercury from broken thermometers and it never hurt you . . .
LEDs will be better: OK, great. When they become widely available at an economical price, use them.
OK? Does that about cover it? I have never seen a case where so-called “conservatives” were so committed to wasting money. It’s just hard-headedness. CFL’s are a great improvement over 140-year-old technology. Yeah, they look funny. Yeah, they’re different. Get over it. They’re better and they will save you money. Besides, if we don’t start saving energy soon, you’re going to be faced with a lot worse choices in your life than whether to use curly bulbs.
Get over yourself you rightous piece of liberal statist crap. What the hell are you doing on this forum, siding with government intrusion into our lives?
If I want to waste money, it is my OWN damned business.
If the market wanted these turd lightbulbs, they would have made it on their own without government legislation.
It is morons like YOU who are responsible for this statist mess we are in covering everything from legislation against transfats and salt in the diet to the amount of water we can flush down our toilet.
Idiot. You think this is great because it is your pet thing, you have bought hook, line and sinker into the liberals running around screaming that we are running out of energy. I’ll bet you buy into the global warming crap too. It is people like YOU who invite our government to intrude into EVERY facet of our life.
Ok? Does THAT cover it?
And by the way, my issue does NOT have anything to do with mercury. Did you see me say it did? No, you didn’t, because I didn’t say it any YOU can’t read.
My issue is that I have to spend far more for a product that lasts far less and doesn’t last any longer, all because some statist jerkoff like you TELLS me I have to.
And I am damned sick of busybodies like you. So if you want to be a snide, limp wristed statist, go somewhere else and do it. We aren’t buying your crap here.
OK? Does THAT about cover it?
I apologize for my incivility in this discussion.
You hit a nerve on me that is lying raw and open right now, and did not deserve that level of vituperation.
You could have made your point differently and perhaps it might not have hit me the same way, but that does not in any way excuse me for stooping to that level.
I try not to have discourse with people online that I would not have to their face, and I do not think if we were face to face I would have resorted to that level of abrasiveness, and thus it fails my test.