My Environmental Shame

Filed in National by on February 10, 2009

I have a confession to make.   I hate the white light from CFL’s.

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Jason330 is a deep cover double agent working for the GOP. Don't tell anybody.

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  1. RSmitty says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Why do you hate American Environmentalists? Better yet, Global Environmentalists? You earth-hater, you.

  2. RSmitty says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Dude…save me from SPAM (again) and why the freak am I going there?!?!

    EDIT: Gee, this one showed up. Stupid spam filter.

  3. anon says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    We use them where it doesn’t matter so much. Garage, basement, bathrooms… behind a frosted glass cover I really can’t tell the difference in the light.

    One good thing is the CFLs are brighter for the same wattage, so you can put in 100-watt equivalent CFL in a fixture that would quickly burn up with a 100-watt incandescent. As I get older and my eyes need more light I appreciate that.

    For some of our fixtures we used to limit the wattage or even leave some of the multi-bulb sockets empty because the heat would quickly burn out the bulbs. But with CFL we can use a bright bulb in every socket with no heat problems.

    We still use incandescents in our table lamps though.

  4. Karmicjay says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    How about LEDs? Longer lasting and no mercury?
    I still have to use up the CFLs we have at home though.

  5. Unstable Isotope says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    I’m with Jay. I think CFLs are a bridging technology until we all go to LEDs. There are now white light LEDs, and I think it just a matter of time until they displace most lightbulbs.

  6. miscreant says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    It took me a while to get use to the cold white color. Shop around, there are CF bulbs on the market now that have warmer tone. Just today, I bought some DIMMABLE compact flourescent bulbs at Ollie’s in Dover for $3.99 for two. I also use some LED bulbs, and they also vary in color warmth.

    Evolve, boy.

  7. Al Gore says:
    February 10, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    If you don’t use them the earth will die. Unless, of course, you contact the investment firm I started with the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and buy some shares to cleanse yourself.

  8. cassandra_m says:
    February 10, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    I’m not crazy about the light color, either and have kept a few of the regular bulbs in places where I read. But both Karmicjay and UI are right to recommend LED bulbs.

    OTOH — I did see what was billed as Warm Light CFLs for sale at BJs. Par for their course, you had to buy a pretty big package of them.

  9. Donhusseinsquishviti says:
    February 10, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    what sucks even more is they don’t work in dimmers at all.

  10. Miscreant says:
    February 10, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    “OTOH — I did see what was billed as Warm Light CFLs for sale at BJs. Par for their course, you had to buy a pretty big package of them.”

    BJs sucks the big one (yes, I’m a member). Whatever they suggest, do the opposite. Another word of advice, whatever life expectancy they say a CF bulb will have, reduce it by 50%. I’ve been using these fuckers since they hit the market, and none have lived up to their promises.

    Just doing my part to thwart global warming.

  11. Miscreant says:
    February 10, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    “what sucks even more is they don’t work in dimmers at all.”

    See post #6, Dickweed.

  12. nemski says:
    February 10, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Just another example on how Jason330 is becoming a Republican.

    Hating America is next for Jason330.

  13. David says:
    February 10, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Just spend a little more and get daylight or sunlight versions of them.

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