Posted on 01/14/2012 8:08:34 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE
I know the US-built conventional resistance bulb factories are getting shut down .... But is money going TO the Chinese CFL makers/importers?
Ping.
Um... it's 2012. Have there been no improvements since 2004?
Don't get me wrong, I think you ought to be able to light your home with $30 LEDs or pine knot torches, if that's what floats your boat. Constitutionally, the fedgov has no say in the matter.
But reports should be up-to-date, and honest.
/johnny
There have. We’re pretty fond of our CFLs, then again many are cases where the light would be left on for an hour or two minimum, sometimes considerably more, and ALSO low heat is a very big plus.
As I reiterate every time so I don’t get ran off the site on a rail...I think both types should stay on shelves so everyone can buy what they prefer.
If you ping steely before I ping steely ...but both of us ping steely before steely pings us, do both of us (or neither of us) get credit for an “In before steely” claim on a CAGW thread?
You bet, we are subsidizing GE, GE wanted to close incandescent production for all kinds of reasons .... you can bet making this technology obsolete is going to have all kinds of tax benefits for GE.
By the way, 6.8 for CFLs isn’t close to being right. My own experience shown all the CFLs in my home burnt out after only 3 years except for very low wattage cfls like the 11 watt mentioned in this article.
Thanx for the pings Army Air Corps & Robert A. Cook, PE !
You raise a good question. Personally, I think that such an action causes a rift in the space-time continuum.
So, with the passing of 100 watters, question comes to mind:
What happens with 50-100-150 bulbs? Are they forced to be 50-150? Can there be 40-80-120, or similar, to replace them?
What about 150w bulbs?
Limbaugh said as much, many moons ago
Lots of useful info on the uselessness of CFL bulbs on Junk Science: http://junkscience.com/?s=cfl+bulbs
The gov. EPA site says that CFL`s should not be used within 12 inches due to UV radiation.
I'm not so big on kerosene wick lamps. But the pressurized ones don't bother me like some folks, because I can't hear the noise.
/johnny
The European Commission, which led the effort to ban incandescent bulbs in Europe, said that claims by manufacturers that CFLs shine as brightly as old-fashioned bulbs are not true.
Who are you going to believe. The numbers put on the box by someone wanting to sell you something at 6 times the normal price or your own eyes?
CFL’s last me 1-6 months. I only use them on 2 light fixtures that are higher up and harder to change. I can change the other bulbs once a month and still be cheaper than using CFL’s and the light is better.
We’ve been using CFLs since they came out. my wife hates ‘em. The early ones sucked. Today's aren't to bad, but they don't last as long as advertised. There are very few lights in our house that are on for any length of time.
The LEDs are still too expensive and I really don't like the light they give off.
We'll probably end up with a mix of new incandescent and CFLs.
I live in the People’s Republic of California. My 89 yr old mother-in-law has macular degeneration and she always turns on all the lights in her house and it’s still not bright enough for her to see. It’s absolutely infuriating that the so called do-gooders have made it against the law for her to have sufficient lighting. She was a nurse in the WACs in WWII and worked as a nurse until she retired at 65. She should be allowed to have whatever the frik she wants/needs for lighting so her quality of life is the best it can be.
Forcing her to use dimmer, poisonous bulbs is absolutely shameful!!!! Shouldn’t we, as a society, be trying to improve people’s lives with sufficient light, water, power rather than strangling the progress that has been made???
Yep. FedGov doesn't have any legitimate authority in that area.
/johnny
I have only one florescent light in my house that I consistently use and and that is the one that lights up my kitchen overghead. I wish I could find something to replace that fixture?
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