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06-21-2008, 09:49 PM
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| Older Than Dirt   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| Have We Lost Our Minds ?? This is a very good video clip about the CFL light bulbs. YouTube - IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ENERGY SAVER LIGHT BULBS! Where do we go from here ?? Charles
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06-21-2008, 10:03 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Escondido,Ca
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| Holy Crap!!!!!!! that nailed it right on the head. Congress is a bunch of idiots and this whole idea is absurd!!!!! thanks for posting that Charles
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06-21-2008, 10:46 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Never see that on the front page or oozing out of Al Gore's lips. I want to move to Texas - permit to carry, death penalty and Congressmen like Ted Poe who have a pair.
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06-21-2008, 10:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lethbridge AB
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| Just a reminder that fluorescent tubes are just as big a disposal problem [contain mercury] and we've been land filling them for how long? I've seen many building maintenance types deliberately breaking them in dumpsters so that the waste disposal guys don't get hurt by the exploding tubes when handling the dumpsters.   |
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06-21-2008, 11:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| Is there any instructions on how to clean up an incandescant bulb bet its not much different. on a side note whats the problem with a light bulb that uses less energy an lasts a thousand times longer to me its a no brainer |
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06-22-2008, 12:12 AM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Because the government should keep their hands out of it and let the market decide. Their track record isn't all that great.
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06-22-2008, 12:29 AM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| I have been using the effing things for 10 years. And they do NOT last 10,000hrs. IN FACT, I have incandescents in my home that are original with my 20yo house. And in my kitchen I have replaced some flourescent bulbs 5 times. They are made in China. The claims of "green" for their use are bogus. And their cost is extraordinary compared to bulk Thomas Edison products. I have started replacing my flourescents with standard 'wire burners; as they burn out. And they burn out predictably. PPPppppphhtttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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06-22-2008, 01:55 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| Agree with Matt. We've got the "green" twisty bulbs all around our house right now....not only do they seem to give off less light, but I've had several in the computer room blow out long before the "Edison" bulbs that came with the ceiling fan two-ish years ago did. Most of this "go green" malarky is just another way for the manufacturer to jack the prices up yet another notch or three.
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06-22-2008, 03:40 PM
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06-22-2008, 08:10 PM
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06-22-2008, 09:00 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Theres no stopping the politicians using jets and limos for junkets, golf tornaments or Oscar cerimonies and such. Theres no stopping the entertainment industry from using whatever they need for a big bang. Theres nothing slowing down the use of plastics in just about everything. Theres no restrictions on lawn care, motor racing, RVs and anything else that guzzles gasoline. Theres no trade imbargo or anything against third rate countries who refuse to even come close to the Kyoto accords. So please don't tell me I have to change my light bulb and I'll feel better.
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06-22-2008, 09:26 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
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 | Right on, Njaco. Personnally, I have no "twisted light bulbs" in my house... Never had neither (back in the day when my parents still owned it). I have "standard" light bulbs all around the house except in my basement where I have fluorecent tubes. I change them about once every two to five years for the tubes (I spend most of my "off-duty" nights in my basement) and may be once every two or three years for the "standard" light bulbs... On the lamps that are lighten up every nights. For the ones I turn on once in a while, it can go up to once every ten years. Oh... And I just paid my first electricity bill about a week and a half ago. $147.00 CDN for a 2 floor + a basement house. Last edited by Maestro; 06-22-2008 at 09:30 PM. |
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06-22-2008, 10:02 PM
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06-22-2008, 10:31 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| So why would I want to subsidize some foreign country like China? Don't get me wrong - every little bit helps with energy and the envoirnment and I will do my part. But when you start to legislate every little thing in my life and I see no sacrifice whatsoever from those same politicians, I get mad. And you have to understand, I live in a state that tried to ban eggs.... Hasbrouck Heights Journal; At Diner, 'Law on How to Eat Eggs' Leaves a Bad Taste for Regulations - New York Times
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06-23-2008, 04:30 AM
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