As a footnote; The reason incandescent bulbs were outlawed in Ca. is because they leak more Co2 gas into the atmosphere, and they take less energy to run. I have florescent bulbs throughout the house and love them.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Dennis Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are a bit off topic - but 100W light bulbs - I am in California, and > almost all of my home is florescent. And for the most part, it works great. > However, I want the choice of being able to use incandescent where I want > too. For example, I have incandescent in the dining room, in a fixture I > rarely use, halogen on the stove, and a few night light type bulbs where > florescent has not worked well. > > Another thought is that lighting is linked to depression often, and reading > requires a light that is pleasing to your eye - younger or older - > I have always felt that if Grandpa needs a certain light bulb that makes > reading his book much more enjoyable - then he has the right to pay a few > dollars more a year in utility bills, and be able to enjoy his reading. > > LED lights I have played with a bit - the first night lights were terrible, > the light went straight up, and not out in a pleasing matter as with a > regular bulb. I do have one LED that works well by my computer desk to > illuminate my water glass, and to illuminate a bit of the floor as I have a > 20 year old dog, and elderly cat - the dog needs light to get up and down on > the bed, and to get around safely. > > On my bondi Imac I never had a problem with putting it to sleep, and my > monitor stayed nice and bright for years, until I set it up for a friend, and > upgraded. > > On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 08:35PM, "MJ" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>OK, maybe this isn't LEM, but why the opposition to CFs. Surely not for the >>minuscule mercury content? Which is amalgamated with a dusting of flowers >>of sulfur (normal drugstore stuff in the medicine cabinet). Incandescents >>are outlawed for future sales in Calif and likely will be elsewhere. >>Emeritusitis? >> >>It's changes in the energy usage of computers that's puzzling us at the >>moment since some of our local energy engineers have become adamantly >>opposed to our desktops in future planning. But we find the desktops to be >>vitally important to our plans to be DIY maintainers as much as possible. >>So desktops vs laptops is an LEM issue that's tied to the CF-trends. >> >>MJ >> >>> From: Dan <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:19:53 -0500 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Putting it to Sleep >>> >>> >>> At 10:53 PM -0400 1/27/2009, MJ wrote: >>>> Who uses 100w lightbulbs any more? >>> >>> I do. >>> >>> And if anyone touches 'em, puts those @#$% CF bulbs in my lamps, >>> there will be liver ripping. >>> >>> - Dan. >>> -- >>> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
