[MichiganConservative]

I have some of those CFL light bulbs. I never thought about global warming at all when I bought them. I do not care about global warming.

[fanfan]

I have some of those CFL light bulbs. I never thought about global warming at all when I bought them. I do not care about global warming.

I have some too.

They suck, IMHO.

I bought them because they were supposed to use less energy, which would save me money, and because it was better for the environment.
Now that I've read this article I realize the suns-a-bees fooled me!

I do care about global warming. I hope the globe stays warm.

:-)

[L98Fiero]

"I have some of those CFL light bulbs. I never thought about global warming at all when I bought them."

Me either. I have a 12' high ceiling fan I got tired of changing light bulbs in.

[from occupied ga]

I thought that they would be a great idea at the time, so I bought several packages of them at costco for about $2.75 a bulb.

CAUTION: Although they are only 23 watts, they do overheat and fail in some fixtures that were designed for incandescent bulbs (as the article said - poorly ventilated fixtures). Sometimes the failures are nasty as in my kitchen fixture where one of them actually started burning. The electronics in the base are not as resistant to high temperatures as an ordinary incandescent bulb.

Plus the life is nowhere near the 10x claimed but rather about the same to 3x longer is what I've experienced. SO they aren't all that great. Oh and BTW I think global warming is the biggest fraud in the last 10 years. I bought them because if they worked as advertised (they didn't) they would have saved me some money on my power bill.