“Go-Green advocates like to complain about the fact that 90 percent of the energy from incandescent lights is given off as heat, with only 10 percent providing illumination. But they ignore one important fact: The extra heat given off during the winter months can actually lower energy bills.”
Now this is ridiculous! What about SUMMER, SPRING, & FALL? What about California, the South, Hawaii?
Junk your furnace and plug in a thousand light bulbs instead. Then check your electric bill.
Lower energy bills? This idiotic statement tells you that the whole article is BS, so don't waste your time.
My experience with CFLs has been just the opposite of this articles conclusions. I know that with incandescent light bulbs, I was always replacing them. Now with CFLs I don't ever replace them, but I am colder (sarc).
Now this is ridiculous! What about SUMMER, SPRING, & FALL? What about California, the South, Hawaii?
In California and the South, it certainly gets cold enough that the heat from incandescent bulbs is a bonus.
And since the warmer months also correspond to longer daylight hours, the bulbs simply aren't used as much during late spring/summer/early fall. So the heat isn't as much of a factor.
See my comment #41. I agree that getting rid of extra heat can be a plus in warm climates. In winter I have a 125 watt white heat lamp bulb in an adjustable holder clipped to my headboard. I aim it at myself while reading in bed, get brilliant light and keep the thermostat at 60 degrees. If I were the type to read in a chair, I would have one to use there along with a nice afghan or quilt.
You summed up exactly what I was thinking. Electricity is MUCH more expensive than other forms of heat. I have probably saved over $1000 in electricity costs since I have made the switch, and I don’t roast under the heatlamps anymore. I have replaced (to my knowledge) 1 CFL in the entire time I have used them (Just over 4 years), because I broke it. I paid about $12 for 32 bulbs, and I suspect that it’ll be a long time before I have to buy anymore. I have however, had to replace tube types though.
I was going to say also, that I prefer the CFL in the fridge too, they don’t work as well in the cold, but if I have to have the fridge open for a little while I don’t have a hot bulb to heat up foods next to it anymore. I do like the CFL’s, but prefer everyone get to buy what they want based on free market principles (which we haven’t had in 150 years or so).
—This idiotic statement tells you that the whole article is BS, so don’t waste your time.—
Actually, it’s not idiotic. What it is saying is that there are mitigating factors. It is one that kept me from bothering to replace some hard to get at bulbs until spring.
And they turn around and raise rates because there is not enough revenue to support the infrastructure....
...that is at least how they justified an 87% increase in water rates here!
We all conserved too much...so they had to raise rates to keep the infrastructure up!