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  • Pushing CFL bulbs is highly irresponsible!

    The Fray's pushing for CFL bulbs is a highly irresponsible, and somewhat mis-informed effort. People being what they are, most will continue to throw away CFLs in the trash, where they're broken, releasing the mercury into landfills, then runoff, ground water, and finally the oceans, where it's concentrated by the various food layers until we ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by swamper777 on February 9, 2008

  • Incandescent vs. CFLs

    My problem with CFLs is not so much one of nostalgia, but one of health and sanity. I have a condition which causes me to see the flicker of CFLs, CRTs, and LEDs much more than most people do. They drive me nuts! Think of how life would be in a constant strobe room. That's it for me. Incandescents have much less affect on ...
    Posted to Fraywatch by Gyrobug08 on February 8, 2008

  • Compact flourescents

    Compact flourescent lamps are a great invention. I have used a few and found that they have very short lives. I am even more concerned that I cannot find any made in the U.S.A. although most carry the name of American companies. These companies anticipated the demand and chose the higher profits over providing jobs for Americans. They could have ...
    Posted to Moneybox by Jim Burton on October 13, 2007

  • How much energy used to manufacture a CFL?

    I too have experienced poor performance from the cheap CFL bulbs sold in multi-packs from Lowes and Home Depot that most people likely buy... they only last 6 months to a year. Using retail price as a proxy for manufacturing costs suggests that CFLs are more expensive to produce, and ultimately use more energy to manufacture, than incandescent ...
    Posted to Moneybox by geebee on October 8, 2007

  • CFL disillusionment

    I am sooooo glad to read here that I am not the only person disillusioned with CFLs. I have posted my complaints at many sites where these things are discussed, and no one else seems to get it! I actually live in a 3rd World country where CFLs are widely available and lots of people use them -- since people seem to worry that even if Americans ...
    Posted to Moneybox by Jenners on October 8, 2007