Wednesday, January 1, 2014
"Lights Out for 60 and 40-watt Bulbs"
I hate the light from CFL bulbs. I bought one for 12 bucks or so and it burned out after 6 months. Great cost savings, right? Was I supposed to bring it back, with no receipt, and tell them it burned out early? I replaced it with a regular 60 watt bulb and it's worked for years.
I know this is do-gooder legislation. All that ever does is foul up our lives. If everybody suddenly switched to these bulbs, do you think the power companies would let their profits dwindle? No, they'll just raise the rates or find some other way to extort the money from us. Every time that the government gets involved in private enterprise, it results in a mess. And who pays for the messes that the government makes? Do the people who make the messes have to clean them up? No, we do. Over and over and over.
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"I AM HERE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND I AM HERE TO HELP YOU"
This continues to be the greatest lie ever told.
CFL blubs really suck, they are the worst blubs I have ever used!
If you really want to make a difference you would have to convert your whole house to low voltage DC. Like 15 to 30VDC.
I thought I was the only one who didn't like them. I feel like no matter the wattage conversion, I can't see as well with the CFL's. Everything looks dimmer.
We've had a ban on normal light bulbs for many years now.. I HATE (and yes that is a strong word) CFL bulbs, we use mostly halogen (if you need the dimming function) otherwise we are switching over to LED bulbs we get them at IKEA for a good price (compared to other places but still much more than a normal bulb)
I refuse to use CFL bulbs..
Fun fact: Incandescent bulbs are NOT banned. There are energy efficiency standards in place that new bulbs must meet. The current generation of incandescent bulbs does not meet these standards. If you could make a incandescent bulb that did, its sale would be fine.
A couple of years ago on Science Friday, they talked to some researchers who were trying to make efficient incandescent bulbs and they actually met the new standards...but there was a catch of course...the problem was the new bulbs had impractically short lifespans (a few tens of hours). That is the hurdle they have to overcome.
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