I assume you’re unaware of who you’re talking to. I didn’t say I left them on 12 hours a day.
Laying aside your snarky and ignorant babble, yes, I do check my bills, I certainly pay them every month. Also, just for your information, not everyone works in the day and sleeps at night. Some people work in the evening are up and night and sleep in the day. It’s called the swing shift.
I realize now that you’re the kind of person that covers your ears and hums when you hear something you don’t like. Several posters have already described their SUBSTANTIAL savings with fluorescent lighting. If it (fluorescent lighting) wasn’t cheaper, businesses wouldn’t use it. The fact that it now comes in compact bulbs now and not merely long tubes shouldn’t mystify you, it’s called technological advancement. Get a grip.
If you want to pay extra for a mini heat lamp that suits your purposes, I’m not stopping you. I don’t even care. But don’t be a moron who questions my ability to review a power bill, because you simply can’t grasp the concepts of simple energy matters. More energy=more heat. More energy=More cost.
If you have a reason to use a particular bulb, use it. See ya!
point by point:
1. So the government knows better, who better to decide the best lighting choice for your home
2. understand you work the swing shift, so you still think this would shift the average of 12 hours used in your calculations for a normal American household? I don’t agree
3. Businesses using florescent lighting, this isn’t CFLs, this is florescent lighting which is perfect for businesses. Businesses made this decision on the merits.
Bottom line, there are light fixtures in my house I would put CFLs in, there are others where incandescents work better.
Bottom line though, for the majority of the fixtures in a normal American home, incandescents make more sense and changing them to CFLs will not even pay for the expense of buying the CFL.
Snarky, maybe, but not as snarky as using 12 hrs per fixture per day in your calculations.
You say your savings is 50 dollars for the first month. 50 dollars is my total electric bill for the entire month for a 5 bedroom home in an area that isn’t even the lowest in the United States while you say you are in one of the lowest cost areas.
I just can’t wrap my mind around it. It is like your CFLs literally make power.