I'll cling to my old fashioned light bulbs too!

mommared53
mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
edited September 29 in Chit-Chat
King 5 News was at Kent Station this morning doing a story with GE while they were passing out the new fangled light bulbs. They don't even need to offer me any because I'll fight to the end to keep my old fashioned light bulbs. Matter of fact, I'm going to stock up on them this weekend.
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  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    Im also clinging to my guns and religion. The light bulb thing is not going to pass.
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    I'm so happy that our government has solved all the other problems that it can dictate to us how much water we can have in our toilets (taking multiple times to flush....brilliant..:indifferent: ) and what light bulbs we have to use.

    In the beginning, our elected officials worked in Washington part-time because they had real jobs and crops to attend to. We'd be better off if they went back to that and left us the hell alone. :explode:

    /soap box
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    Im also clinging to my guns and religion. The light bulb thing is not going to pass.


    Im with you. its so stupid.
  • hollagolla
    hollagolla Posts: 44
    are you talking about energy efficient lightbulbs?
  • FL_Nettie
    FL_Nettie Posts: 265 Member
    I had one of the old non-efficient light bulbs in my hallway light for over 10 years. The great new efficient kind of light bulb lasted about 2 years. And they're more expensive.
  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    Once everybody figures out that none of this "green" legislation (e.g. Cap and Trade and this light bulb garbage) is about the environment but about government control then maybe more people will wake up.
  • mominabox
    mominabox Posts: 26
    also do you know if they break in your house there is mercury that leek out and u have to vacate your house and use gloves to clean it up with mask and ventilate the room for hours. really
  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    also do you know if they break in your house there is mercury that leek out and u have to vacate your house and use gloves to clean it up with mask and ventilate the room for hours. really
    Thats fine. That should be my decision if I want to have them or not. Not the governments.
  • jaded_rose
    jaded_rose Posts: 298 Member
    my mom used the fangled light bulbs so i don't have a problem with it. they use less energy then old ones. the only thing I really miss about new LED ones is the warm glow. there a true white light and is to cold in color for me.
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    You dont want to save money? I havnt replaced a bulb in over 2 years after i switched my over.
  • hollagolla
    hollagolla Posts: 44
    what has this got to do with weightloss? Energy efficient light bulbs will last longer and save you money, i don't see the problem in that :-) embrace the money saving ideas, it may not be a huge amount of energy on a small scale but if everyone does it, it makes a big difference and we need to save on our fastly reducing resources!

    I have all energy saving lighbulbs and they are just as good and save me money :-)

    also what has it got to do with religion? Are you not all talking about energy efficient bulbs?
  • mominabox
    mominabox Posts: 26
    also do you know if they break in your house there is mercury that leek out and u have to vacate your house and use gloves to clean it up with mask and ventilate the room for hours. really
    Thats fine. That should be my decision if I want to have them or not. Not the governments.
    absolutly
  • midnightsukie
    midnightsukie Posts: 38 Member
    yep, change your bulb and save a polar bear and some cash! once you start watching your electric meter you'll be glad to have changed over!

    And while were at it, insulate your lofts people!
  • hollagolla
    hollagolla Posts: 44
    the government need to do something to try to make a difference, its really scary the things that could happen and proven or not why risk it?

    Its not a hard thing to do, and as annoying as it is to be told what to do its good for everyone :-)
  • mominabox
    mominabox Posts: 26
    what has this got to do with weightloss? Energy efficient light bulbs will last longer and save you money, i don't see the problem in that :-) embrace the money saving ideas, it may not be a huge amount of energy on a small scale but if everyone does it, it makes a big difference and we need to save on our fastly reducing resources!

    I have all energy saving lighbulbs and they are just as good and save me money :-)

    also what has it got to do with religion? Are you not all talking about energy efficient bulbs?

    I'm just saying your not allowed to throw them out in the regular garbage or they will leek mercury into the ground and water system....looking into the future (our children, childrens)
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    what has this got to do with weightloss? Energy efficient light bulbs will last longer and save you money, i don't see the problem in that :-) embrace the money saving ideas, it may not be a huge amount of energy on a small scale but if everyone does it, it makes a big difference and we need to save on our fastly reducing resources!

    I have all energy saving lighbulbs and they are just as good and save me money :-)

    also what has it got to do with religion? Are you not all talking about energy efficient bulbs?
    Passing them out is fine. Mimicking the the EU by outright banning incandescent bulbs is stupid. Let he free market decide, not a bunch of govt idiots.
  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    the government need to do something to try to make a difference, its really scary the things that could happen and proven or not why risk it?

    Its not a hard thing to do, and as annoying as it is to be told what to do its good for everyone :-)
    Wow. Spoken like a true Socialist.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I have some of those curly bulbs that are the same warm glow as an incandescent bulb. In fact, they're the only bulbs that have lasted in my ceiling fans. Others, especially bulbs specifically FOR ceiling fans, would burn out in a month, but I've had these for over two years now.

    My only complaint about them is that they take a long time to get to full brightness. When I first switch them on, they're kind of dim.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    the government need to do something to try to make a difference, its really scary the things that could happen and proven or not why risk it?

    Its not a hard thing to do, and as annoying as it is to be told what to do its good for everyone :-)
    Wow. Spoken like a true Socialist.
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  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    Passing them out is fine. Mimicking the the EU by outright banning incandescent bulbs is stupid. Let he free market decide, not a bunch of govt idiots.
    Spoken like a true Patriot.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I personally don't have an issue with the new bulbs, my desire is to have a chose in the markeplace for those who do not like or cannot handle the CFL bulbs. For people with sensory processing disorders, or people on the austism spretum CFL bulbs (and all fluorescent lighting really)can actually cause pain.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    King 5 News was at Kent Station this morning doing a story with GE while they were passing out the new fangled light bulbs. They don't even need to offer me any because I'll fight to the end to keep my old fashioned light bulbs. Matter of fact, I'm going to stock up on them this weekend.

    Why?
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I personally don't have an issue with the new bulbs, my desire is to have a chose in the markeplace for those who do not like or cannot handle the CFL bulbs. For people with sensory processing disorders, or people on the austism spretum CFL bulbs (and all fluorescent lighting really)can actually cause pain.

    Then they should look at LED, they use 75% less energy than CFLs
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    what has this got to do with weightloss? Energy efficient light bulbs will last longer and save you money, i don't see the problem in that :-) embrace the money saving ideas, it may not be a huge amount of energy on a small scale but if everyone does it, it makes a big difference and we need to save on our fastly reducing resources!

    I have all energy saving lighbulbs and they are just as good and save me money :-)

    also what has it got to do with religion? Are you not all talking about energy efficient bulbs?
    Passing them out is fine. Mimicking the the EU by outright banning incandescent bulbs is stupid. Let he free market decide, not a bunch of govt idiots.

    Free market all the way, just look how good it did with mortgages and oil prices .... Not.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    what has this got to do with weightloss? Energy efficient light bulbs will last longer and save you money, i don't see the problem in that :-) embrace the money saving ideas, it may not be a huge amount of energy on a small scale but if everyone does it, it makes a big difference and we need to save on our fastly reducing resources!

    I have all energy saving lighbulbs and they are just as good and save me money :-)

    also what has it got to do with religion? Are you not all talking about energy efficient bulbs?
    Passing them out is fine. Mimicking the the EU by outright banning incandescent bulbs is stupid. Let he free market decide, not a bunch of govt idiots.

    Free market all the way, just look how good it did with mortgages and oil prices .... Not.
    I would do a little more research in both those topics then make that statement again. I am not about to drag this topic that far off course.
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I love my energy efficient bulbs. I also love that it is still my choice to buy them.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    also do you know if they break in your house there is mercury that leek out and u have to vacate your house and use gloves to clean it up with mask and ventilate the room for hours. really

    these bulbs now have very little mercury, less than a lot of the old fillings that you may still have in your mouth.
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
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  • iwillsoonbeslim
    iwillsoonbeslim Posts: 283
    What a very random thread. And so heated! lol
  • angryguy77
    angryguy77 Posts: 836 Member
    the government need to do something to try to make a difference, its really scary the things that could happen and proven or not why risk it?

    Its not a hard thing to do, and as annoying as it is to be told what to do its good for everyone :-)

    One: AL Gore should be thrown in jail for the lies he has spread. Global warming is not proven. It has been proved that the data used to "prove" it was skewed on purpose to back the environmentalist argument.
    Two: The sun maybe going into the a stage called the grand minimum which helped cause the last ice age. Meaning there is nothing we can do to control what will happen.


    Environmentalism is nothing more than an excuse for politicians to gain more power than what they were granted in the constitution. It is also nothing more than a way for people to feel good about themselves.
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