Tuesday, January 27, 2009
CFL-OOEY
We have not converted to CFL bulbs.
Here is one of the reasons.
They are expensive and have a bad reputation.
They do not fit many "standard" situations.
We bought two new extension lights to read by (old eyes) and they came equipped with them. They are OK so far. No flickering or anything.
The problem is that we have a lot of floodlight fixtures. The inset kind. No reflector. No CFL. At least not that I want to look at up in there.
And that is the trouble. If there is a visible bulb, they look like shit.
This house is filled with special bulbs. I can count 5 kinds from the ones that line the bathroom mirrors right on to the special Sylvania spotlights in the living and dining room.
And we have dimmers all over. CFLs don't dim. Where is the saving in that?
The other thing is the usual flourescent disposal problem. They have mercury in them so you have to go to the place where they take special dumps. We have a whole GI can full of that kind of stuff and we have still not taken it in to the ABOP place.
You have to limit the dump to 50 pounds and also have to sign something. How hard can they make this stuff?
Back to the lights, I have suddenly been having trouble finding the floods though. Is this some kind of sign for the future?
Two just burned out and I had to buy 60 watt replacements because the 100W wasn't available.
I am not going to be able to do some of this good citizen shit. The green footprint thing. Or is it the carbon footprint. Living green. Have a small carbon footprint. Even that is hard to remember.
I don't have any conclusion. Talk is cheap, I say. Try looking at these ugly fuckers that cost 10-12 bucks each and be happy about having a smaller carbon footprint at the same time.
It ain't easy.
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