How do you get rid of CFL light bulbs?
03-10-2011, 10:39 AM
#83
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For DECADES we have gone to school, worked, worshiped, shopped and even lived in buildings that had fluorescent light bulbs in them...and NEVER batted an eye!
But NOW over the last 10 years that fluorescent bulbs have started being used in "regular" light fixtures, and not just the kind that take the long tubes...suddenly they are the "devil bulbs"????
Seriously??????????
I bet that many of you have the tube fixtures in your house...kitchen, basement, garage, etc.
And those tube fixtures have more than twice the mercury than the CFL's!
Until every one of you who complains about CFL's stops working, shopping, worshiping, etc. in ANY building with fluorescent tube lights, your argument about using CFL's in the home is hypocritical.
But NOW over the last 10 years that fluorescent bulbs have started being used in "regular" light fixtures, and not just the kind that take the long tubes...suddenly they are the "devil bulbs"????
Seriously??????????
I bet that many of you have the tube fixtures in your house...kitchen, basement, garage, etc.
And those tube fixtures have more than twice the mercury than the CFL's!
Until every one of you who complains about CFL's stops working, shopping, worshiping, etc. in ANY building with fluorescent tube lights, your argument about using CFL's in the home is hypocritical.
03-10-2011, 01:09 PM
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so in so many words we ought to keep our regular bulbs . then why all the hub that they are cheaper, cost effectuive and so on. I just had my home weatherized and all my bulbs were changed to those curly bulbs. cost effective? to whom?
03-10-2011, 05:16 PM
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Check this out for more on CFL bulbs in Congress:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewr...ves/75548.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewr...ves/75548.html
03-10-2011, 08:31 PM
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If you go to the 99 cent or dollar stores they still have the old fashioned bulbs. We have started stocking up on them since the curly cues contain mercury and isn't it funny that someone can tell you what to do in your own house and we just do it.
03-10-2011, 08:32 PM
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If you go to the 99 cent or dollar stores they still have the old fashioned bulbs. We have started stocking up on them since the curly cues contain mercury and isn't it funny that someone can tell you what to do in your own house and we just do it.
03-11-2011, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by scowlkat
Did you know that most of the CFL bulbs are made in China? Try to find one made in the USA!
On a personal note, CFL lightbulbs give me a wicked headache when I try to read with one.
03-11-2011, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by pkary
Originally Posted by scowlkat
Did you know that most of the CFL bulbs are made in China? Try to find one made in the USA!
On a personal note, CFL lightbulbs give me a wicked headache when I try to read with one.
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