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MrsGhandi
06-23-2008, 10:19 AM
http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=0v4ooYZpkBI
twistedimage
06-23-2008, 11:08 AM
thats the truth
john
06-23-2008, 11:39 AM
Another example of how the system is broken. Watch the face of the guy behind the speaker. ;)
redb20teg
06-23-2008, 11:47 AM
i think the dude behind him is that tancredo asshat aint it?
M@
06-23-2008, 12:12 PM
Tellin' them how it is. I agree with him.
Weston-work
06-23-2008, 01:29 PM
I agree with him, although the cons of the CFL's are a bit overstated and blown out of proportion.
M@
06-23-2008, 01:42 PM
In my opinion, him blowing that out of proportion was fair because of the fact that the geniuses that thought of the idea to put that "law" into effect blew out of proportion what they claim the benefits would be of switching to those bulbs.
Eric
06-23-2008, 08:59 PM
The "supposed" benefits are pretty clear, one of the cfl light bulbs uses something like 13 watts of energy and puts out light equal to that of a 60w incandescent bulb. Does that mean we should be forced to use a certain light bulb? Probably but, I don't agree with it.
As far as the mercury goes, it's used in standard fluorescent bulbs as well.
myshtern
06-23-2008, 09:29 PM
Yeah that's Tom Tancredo behind him. I don't think that the point of the speech was the CFLs but rather that Democrats have no energy policy (clean or dirty).
Weston-work
06-23-2008, 10:50 PM
The "supposed" benefits are pretty clear, one of the cfl light bulbs uses something like 13 watts of energy and puts out light equal to that of a 60w incandescent bulb. Does that mean we should be forced to use a certain light bulb? Probably but, I don't agree with it.

:werd: It's not the government's place to legislate this, but I use them and like them... they produce white light (not yellow), put out tons of light per watt, and last a lot longer. I was an early adopter, so the ones I have don't work with a dimmer and have a second delay before you turn them on, but I hear that those issues don't necessarily apply to all CFL's nowadays. As for the energy savings, it's really just a drop in the bucket compared to all the power I normally use, so I don't notice a difference in my bill.

As far as the mercury goes, it's used in standard fluorescent bulbs as well.

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