Posted by AG in IN on December 16, 2011 at 15:59:01 from (67.236.84.51):
In Reply to: Hmmmm,light bulb myth? posted by Paul from MI on December 16, 2011 at 10:48:21:
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Yes and no.
You're assuming that: 1. People will pay a $2+ for something they were paying 20-25 cents for the week before, benefits (if any) be darned. 2. These will have the advertised quality and lifespan that the companies say they will. 3. That enough people will buy enough of these for stores to bother keeping them stocked, and in turn, manufacturers to bother producing them and/or bother to export them to us.
I buy 100 watt long life bulbs that are 1610 lumens and last 1500 hours when they are on sale for just under $1 for a 4 pack. They usually last as long as they are supposed to, put out the light I want, and I pay the electiric bill. I'm now supposed to pay 2+ bucks each for something that might have the same quality, might last as long as advertised, and might lighten my electric bill marginally in the end.
In the end, this is all typical bass-ackward gov't BS. EPA wants to shut down polluting power plants. Good idea, but how about getting some more efficient and cleaner ones online first. Unky Sam sez: "Let's get people using less electricity". Great idea. Less electricity used = lower bills, for a while. If the power company sees a 10% drop across the board on consumption, your price per KWH is going up. They're going to make money or you won't have electricity at all. Gov't regulation on power plants is going to send everyone's electric bill sky high. Law after law ships our jobs overseas or flushes them down the toilet. Will a single CFL, LED, or "eco-incandescent" bulb be made in the USA? If so, please show me, I'd sure like to see where. Nobody is going to be manufacturing CFL's here, the reguations on the poisons inside them make it almost impossible. The majority of all these light bulbs are going to be made in China, the country that now owns the USA, where quality takes the farthest back seat in the bus to quantity, and where pollution regulations for the most part don't exist.
I'm not against any of the more energy efficient bulbs. I am against the fact that free choice is being taken away from us.
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