Quoted from tamoore:The freak out by people concerning CFL bulbs is a point of personal hilarity to me. It's like watching a sitcom where everyone is reading from a script given to them by certain motivated parties. I switched my whole house over to CFL's when it became practical to do so. It reduced my energy bill immediately by a noticeable amount.
Mr. Edison will be glad you're still using his 150 year old technology. I'm sure you're listening to your wax pattern recordings on the phonograph while sending messages to loved-ones via Morse code along the telegraph, basking in the correct color glow of his dead short bulbs.
i dont think people "freak out" over cfl's. i think they "freak out" over the fact that the government is telling them what to do and when to do it and not being truthful in the process. the freak out has to do with not being able to use something they prefer. you like those screwy looking things that take five minutes to half light a room, go for it. you like having to throw out your pets and carpets if one breaks, just fine. I like a bright light ,that projects warmth, that turns on immediately and disposes of by throwing it in the garbage. I also like the ability to do what I want. make choices based on facts and not be dictated to. there are 2 hypocrisies here. one in the fact that you see "hilarity" in others as they supposedly follow a script when in fact one script is being written by the government and you have no issue following IT and the other is the government telling us its an environmental thing yet it isnt. it just fits their agenda (exactly like the electric car). and your analogy is way off. the other things you suggest we use have been replaced by something much better. the incandescent has only been replaced by force and lies with a very inferior product that creates a hazard that supposedly replaces a hazard. nothing hilarious about that to me.
