Posted on 05/30/2007 10:11:32 PM PDT by goldstategop
I happen to love lighting in all aspects. We switched to LED Christmas lights this year and they look great! Color that won’t fade, low power consumption and shock resistant. LEDs are the future, just some bugs to work out for home applications but after that it’s a go.
Recycling CFLs is for losers.
LOL! I was thinking the exact same thing. I'll toss my flourescent bulbs in the trash next to the aluminum cans and bottles (I don't buy the local liberal rag, so I guess I'm "environmentally friendly" when it comes to recycling newspaper).
I did it to save money - I think the global warming cult is nuts.
I'm waiting to see if I'm saving money.
P.S. Isn't the mercury "threat" overwrought to begin with?
Don't say that! Where do you think the ideas for these crackbrained nanny-state regulations come from? I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a significant fraction of them started as a joke. (But they all come to that in the end.)
I’ve converted nearly all of my practical and tactical lights to LEDs without issue. Current “Cree” versions are outpacing the older Luxeon LEDs and even better, more efficient LEDs and circuits are on the way.
Given the LEDs life (100,000+ hours), compactness and efficiency over both incandescent and CFLs, the only real hurdle is cost.
I bought a 3-way Compact Fluorescent from Walmart 2 years ago. About 6 months ago, as I was reading by its light, it banged like a small fire cracker, a puff of smoke waffed up above the lampshade, and about 30 seconds later flames appeared as the plastic base started to burn. I have replaced it with a standard incandescent 3-way.
I had no idea they could do this.
Should have mentioned that is concerns my handheld lights.
I’ve begun replacing my home lights (some, not all) with CFLs.
Where the quality of the light really matters, I’m currently sticking with ICs.
I bought a 3-way Compact Fluorescent from Walmart 2 years ago. About 6 months ago, as I was reading by its light, it banged like a small fire cracker, a puff of smoke waffed up above the lampshade, and about 30 seconds later flames appeared as the plastic base started to burn. I have replaced it with a standard incandescent 3-way.
I had no idea they could do this.
I think I’ve heard that story before :-)
Here we go again. This will be one of those crazy fads that sweep the country.
Reason goes out the window, and everyone jumps on the nutty bandwagon.
I expect all the liberal states to ban incandencent bulbs.
That is a dumb thing because CFL’s don’t fit in all fixtures,
they don’t work in ovens and refrigerators and don’t come in “night light” sizes.
Typical liberal nutty feel-good hysteria.
After they have forced these on us, they will suddenly discover that there is an environmental cost,
and gladly pass that on to us in the form of a “cleanup tax” on every bulb.
I use CFL’s in one half of my fixtures, so you liberals, shut up!
Hap and I use Ott-Lites for needlework and up-close crafting. They’re perfect - as good as broad sunlight, even for my hideous eyesight.
Better, in fact, since in Houston in May you don’t much want to be in broad sunlight.
There is a lot of feedback on Amazon and other product forums on LED’s. Universally, everyone is disappointed in brightness.
I suspect we are a few years out before they get brighter and cheaper.
I hate the CFLs. Fluorescent light is ugly. It’s so typical of liberals to force everyone to obey their every whim. If people want to not use incandescents, great. If not, whose f’ing business is it? Liberals need to get out of my bedroom! And bathroom, and garage, and living room, and kitchen and....
“Reducing” trumps “reusing” or “recycling” — so, not buying liberal rags does make you even more environmentally friendly than the envriro-weenies who recycle them. That’s something you can rub their noses in.
HAHAH! I had a Wang computer lol! 25Mhz 386sx
They’re going to end up in the trash just the way Ni-Cad batteries, used computers and other “hazardous” waste does.
No municipal or waste agency wants the responsibility or liability of providing the proper channel to dispose of the stuff.
My read on this: In Connecticut, there is a household hazardous waste collection schedule. You need to know when and where to go by checking on the DEP website. The larger cities have about 10 collection days a year. Towns typically have one day a year. Small town residents need to travel to larger towns.
IOW - it is a major hassle to dispose of a CFL light bulb. Since it is not illegal to simply throw them in the trash, I’m guessing that 95% of the residents will simply throw them in the trash.
Your 'battery' probably bleeds off more waste than a transformer.
Coming soon to a roadside shoulder near you.
How long before they replace beer bottles as the missile du jour preferred by teens/rednecks trying to hit road signs.
There are daylight spectrum compact flourescents as well as as just about any other type of spectrum. I have the daylight spectrums in my ceiling fan in my kitchen.
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