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Posted by krw on April 29, 2008, 10:43 pm
jeff@spam_me_not.com says...
> Dennis M wrote:
> >
> >> Dennis M wrote:
> >>> Klipstein) wrote:
> >>>
wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> What's this bs about a ban? I've not kept up with the messages.
> >>>> A recently enacted piece of USA Federal legislation bans manufacture,
> >>>> sale and importation of certain incandescent lamps, starting in 2012.
> >>> Some (Republican) congresswoman introduced a bill last week to scale back
> >>> on that legislation and force Uncle Sam to keep its big nose out of
> >>> people's lightbulbs. I hope it goes through.
> >>
> >> Why don't you just buy a couple cases of incandescants and keep them
> >> with your 8 tracks. You seem to have missed the spiraling energy costs
> >> and don't seem to care about waste. Well, it's been a great 7 1/2 years
> >> for you hasn't it?
> >
> > Why don't you eat me, smartass. I use CFL bulbs in my home where they're
> > warranted, I just want the option to use incandescents in certain
> > situations also.
>
> You still have that option. Specialty and low wattage lamps are exempt.
> There's few places where an edison base lamp couldn't be replaced with
> one of the CFLs satisfactorily. It pays to not buy the cheap discount
> store CFLs. And as Don pointed out, you can buy the new halogens, which
> will certainly fall in price.
I'm not about to use CFLs anywhere I spend any time. I'm not about
to replace all my fixtures either. A case of bulbs here, and a case
there...
> I'd still like to use R12, but the switchover did close the ozone
> hole. Remember that?
Oh, good grief!
> Sometimes you have to do something because it has a far greater benefit.
Someimes you just have to be a good little sheep, eh Komrad?
> Jeff
>
>
> I have a sneaking suspicion the majority of Americans do
> > too.
Sheep? Evidently...
--
Keith
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