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To: presidio9

Laughable, like the Gore toilet you will have to buy twice as many bulbs or stronger ones to get the same amount of light. Envirowackos at work.


3 posted on 02/20/2007 9:40:08 AM PST by Patrick1
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To: Patrick1

Not really. Advances in LEDs and fluorescents can produce matching lumens and similar spectra -- so you get the 'warmth' of incandescents.

Technological advancements in this arena are a good thing.


8 posted on 02/20/2007 9:43:23 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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Plus florescents are incapable of producing soft diffused light. Goodbye romance.


9 posted on 02/20/2007 9:43:54 AM PST by presidio9 (There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
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To: Patrick1
Actually no, the fluorescent lightbulbs are at least as bright as incandescent. They are also more expensive, however--but last longer, too.
13 posted on 02/20/2007 9:46:28 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: Patrick1
The real issue is my dimmer switch controlled lights and 3-way lights. The new lights don't work, they have only one output level. Think of all the dimmer switch and three-way light factory employees that will be unemployed.

On a serious note, has anyone examined the eviro impact of the disposal of these lights when they become the norm?
15 posted on 02/20/2007 9:47:21 AM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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*****you will have to buy twice as many bulbs or stronger ones to get the same amount of light.******

No, no offense, but not true.

Fluorescent lamps (bulbs) emit considerably more Lumens (light) per watt than incandescent (tungsten) bulbs.

26 posted on 02/20/2007 10:01:33 AM PST by Condor51 (Rudy makes John Kerry look like a 'Right Wing Extremist'.)
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