http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-home … ban-461217
What do you think?
Apart from it being a bit of a nanny state, I have my own personal problems with this
1. CFLs take forever to "boot-up." You flick the light switch, they turn on, then a few minutes later they go up to full brightness.
2. CFLs don't have the best light. It's a bit yellow to be honest. I swear by those GE blue bulbs.
3. CFLs have mercury in them. CFLs don't disappear when they eventually die out, you have to throw them out. And god forbid you accidentally drop one and it breaks... unlike incandescents, where you just scoop up all the broken glass into a dustpan and throw it out... you have to follow a very regimented clean-up process which is on the EPA website (or some similar site). This involves water, opening windows, and staying out of the room / area for 15 minutes.
4. Why the hell even put the money towards this? LED lights are THE WAY to go. They provide excellent lighting; if they're good enough to be used in cars (Audi R8) they're good enough to be used in a house. They don't have that weird yellow hue to them... pure white. Or blue if you'd like. Or red. They don't take eons to get to full brightness. They can work with dimmers (you need special CFLs to use with dimmers). They last even longer than CFLs. And no mercury.
It's a shame really. The few times Congress actually tries to do something helpful, they don't take the most helpful initiative.
What do you think?
Apart from it being a bit of a nanny state, I have my own personal problems with this
1. CFLs take forever to "boot-up." You flick the light switch, they turn on, then a few minutes later they go up to full brightness.
2. CFLs don't have the best light. It's a bit yellow to be honest. I swear by those GE blue bulbs.
3. CFLs have mercury in them. CFLs don't disappear when they eventually die out, you have to throw them out. And god forbid you accidentally drop one and it breaks... unlike incandescents, where you just scoop up all the broken glass into a dustpan and throw it out... you have to follow a very regimented clean-up process which is on the EPA website (or some similar site). This involves water, opening windows, and staying out of the room / area for 15 minutes.
4. Why the hell even put the money towards this? LED lights are THE WAY to go. They provide excellent lighting; if they're good enough to be used in cars (Audi R8) they're good enough to be used in a house. They don't have that weird yellow hue to them... pure white. Or blue if you'd like. Or red. They don't take eons to get to full brightness. They can work with dimmers (you need special CFLs to use with dimmers). They last even longer than CFLs. And no mercury.
It's a shame really. The few times Congress actually tries to do something helpful, they don't take the most helpful initiative.
