Posted on 01/22/2011 8:06:33 AM PST by tobyhill
California's utilities are spending $548 million over seven years to subsidize consumer purchases of compact fluorescent lamps. But the benefits are turning out to be less than expected.
One reason is that bulbs have gotten so cheap that Californians buy more than they need and sock them away for future use. Another reason is that the bulbs are burning out faster than expected.
California's experience is notable because energy experts have placed high hopes on compact fluorescent lamps. Often spiral-shaped, they screw into existing light sockets and offer energy savings of about 75% over traditional incandescent light bulbs.
Many nations are relying on them to help cut emissions from power plants and stretch electricity supplies further. The United Nations says 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions are linked to lighting, and that adoption of compact fluorescent lights could cut pollution.
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Thank goodness the politicians know what’s best for us.
I just throw them in the trash.
Now that they burn out “faster than expected”, our landfills will be full of Mercury “faster than expected”.
I heard yesterday that the EPA is going to replace E10 Ethanol with E15. The only industries that will grow from that is Subsidized Corn Growers and Mechanics.
Wait...then convert.
I converted 15 years ago, figure I have saved about $2,000 over those years. I have had an occasional batch that burned out sooner than I expected, but have mostly found they last a long time. Now they have two kinds of light soft and warm and cool and bluish.
I noticed in the store the other day - the package of toxic twisties that claims that the bulbs will last for eight years in large type on the front has fine print on the back which makes only a 4 year claim.
And I also noticed that the expensive LEDs that hyped how little power that they used make it very hard to find out how little light they put out. I figure a lot of folks are going to buy one of those expensive gadgets, be highly disappointed, and write them off.
The curly lightbulbs do not fit in many of our lamps and light fixtures—plus I sure don’t want to have to call out hazmat if I happen to break one.—But mostly, I just don’t like being told what I have to buy, and since this global warming nonsense is a bunch of hooey anyway, I don’t worry about that.
I am also stockpiling plastic bags of all sizes and other things I have heard about that might be snatched away by our ever more-nannystate gummit.
We have one cfl that has been in a lamp that is used every night for 13 yrs. It is the only one that has lasted. The rest in our house burn out in less than 1 yr usually.
Do folks see what many of us have been shouting to the rooftops about? These people are not “put on hold” nor stopped, nor defeated in the least. They continue to DICTATE how we should live every aspect of our lives. Their steamroller progresses unabated, crushing our (former) way of life.
For decades there has virtually been no push back of any magnitude against the green agenda, even today, large corporations continue to donate megabucks to their movement, including the petroleum industry. My guess is that they try to play nice-nice to stave off the inevitable, the destruction of their industry. So how’s that working out for you?? Notice the gas prices lately?
They run scared of these phony “scientist” who’s “science books” consists of slick magazines with beautiful photos with captions of lies and distortions, pushing their nihilistic agenda.
But the sheeple continue to nod their heads and follow the Pied Pipers of doom and gloom.
Just starving a few more babies in Africa and Asia. But think of the money that Gore and Soros can make off of the change. What are a few dead babies when we can have welfare for billionaires?
I just purchased 150, 100 watt incandescent bulbs.
Two options:
Select “Warm White” CFLs.
Try GE brand “Reveal” CFL.
The Reveal CFL is costly, and I haven’t tried it, but I’ve used incandescent Reveals for many years, with good results.
So these lawmakers are threatening people’s mental health? Will you be able to get prescription from a doctor for natural light incandescents?
I use the most energy saving device there is, the off switch.
An enterprising coordinator (make that a conservative 'community organizer') can build a website, collect one dollar from California donators, and hire the biggest shyster class-action suit lawyer firm in the business. They can literally bring the state government and the federalis to their knees if they handle the case with these MERCURY BULB BOMBs properly.
It is true in my experience, they don't last the 5-7 years advertised. Now, if you buy new fixtures that are made for the more expensive and better quality plug in CFLs, those last a very long time. I could not get an incandescent or a curly CFL to last more than 6 months in my weather exposed front porch light. I replaced it with a CFL fixture (with adjustable light and motion sensor and tube, less than $20). It has been going without any problems for almost ten years.
“In 1901, an American inventor named Peter Cooper Hewitt developed the first successful fluorescent light bulb. His invention closely resembled the bulb as we know it today, with a sealed tube filled with low-pressure mercury.”
http://www.ehow.com/about_5089197_history-fluorescent-lighting.html
Regular fluorescent tubes, that we all live with have almost
TEN times the mercury of CFL’s. Have we been worried about the mercury from these bulbs? Has there been a procedure for cleaning up after breaking one of these?
Take a deep breath ...... Don't let the MSM or Gubmint get you in a tizzy. Check into EVERYTHING. They are LYING to you about EVERYTHING. You are being manipulated. CFLs are a good thing. Inc. bulbs are fine if you like them burning out every week and you like to waste money and energy. This is America. You can make poor decisions if you want to.
What happens in the event of a major catastrophe, earthquake etc., when these bulbs are in shards all over the place?
“Is anyone but me stockpiling regular light bulbs?”
You can get incandescent light bulbs rated for 25,000 hours that are used by the hospitality industry. If you use them for an average of 7 hours a day they’ll burn out in just a little under 10 years and cost about a buck or less per bulb depending on how many you buy.
https://www.nathosp.com/product/25k19_c/standard_incandescent_light_bulbs
Once you stock up all you’ll have to do is watch out for the light bulb police who’ll be monitoring everyone who might be using those unauthorized, evil incandescents!
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