I buy Sylvania light bulbs. I will buy incandescent light bulbs wherever I can. So long GE. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

All lights have advantages, none should be banned.

People can make up their own minds about the advantages, including any energy savings, and pay more for using ordinary light bulbs if that’s what they want.

Does society need to save energy?

No, there’s plenty, including new renewable forms.

Does society need to save on greenhouse gases?

Yes, on current evidence.

But everyone forgets a basic simple fact:

Light bulbs don’t give out any gases.

Power stations don’t necessarily either.

Power station emissions can of course be dealt with themselves (including by new energy forms)

- bans are unfair on emission-free households

and in the end don’t save that much energy or money or emissions anyway as explained on

http://www.ceolas.net/#li13x onwards

Also:

Imagine if LED lamps are so great:

Then people will want to buy a lot of them.

Again, therfore no need to ban bulbs in that case.

After all, the perverse logic of the light bulb ban is that people don’t want to buy “energy saving” fluorescent lights, so they have to be forced into it: No need to ban an impopular product!

When transistors came, that didn’t mean having to ban radio tubes (valves)….

All lights have advantages, none should be banned.

People can make up their own minds about the advantages, including any energy savings, and pay more for using ordinary light bulbs if that’s what they want.

Does society need to save energy?

No, there’s plenty, including new renewable forms.

Does society need to save on greenhouse gases?

Yes, on current evidence.

But everyone forgets a basic simple fact:

Light bulbs don’t give out any gases.

Power stations don’t necessarily either.

Power station emissions can of course be dealt with themselves (including by new energy forms)

- bans are unfair on emission-free households

and in the end don’t save that much energy or money or emissions anyway as explained on

http://www.ceolas.net/#li13x onwards

Also:

Imagine if LED lamps are so great:

Then people will want to buy a lot of them.

Again, therfore no need to ban bulbs in that case.

After all, the perverse logic of the light bulb ban is that people don’t want to buy “energy saving” fluorescent lights, so they have to be forced into it: No need to ban an impopular product!

When transistors came, that didn’t mean having to ban radio tubes (valves)….

Thanks Jerry for sharing. Awesome job!

Thanks Jerry for sharing. Awesome job!

Thanks Jerry for sharing. Awesome job!

so i hope LEDs can have some red light added so i dont have to live out side for the rest of my life becaues you all want to be more energy eficent and having me floping on the floor like a fish out of water.

so i hope LEDs can have some red light added so i dont have to live out side for the rest of my life becaues you all want to be more energy eficent and having me floping on the floor like a fish out of water.

so i hope LEDs can have some red light added so i dont have to live out side for the rest of my life becaues you all want to be more energy eficent and having me floping on the floor like a fish out of water.

As for longevity, I still have some bulbs that I used in my college apartment almost 10 years ago. I want them to burn out so I can get new bulbs. Some of them were even used in bathrooms (round, frosted bulbs for vanity lighting and longer squarish Edison-base bulbs for the exhaust fan.) As long as the ballast has circulation you’re good.

I’ve had great experiences with GE, Philips, Sylvania, nVision and Ikea. Between those 5 brands, there’s probably a CFL that fits your needs. They may not be available in your area, but they exist. There are quite a few other brands that consistently rank very high. The New York times did a comprehensive test sometime last year.

As for longevity, I still have some bulbs that I used in my college apartment almost 10 years ago. I want them to burn out so I can get new bulbs. Some of them were even used in bathrooms (round, frosted bulbs for vanity lighting and longer squarish Edison-base bulbs for the exhaust fan.) As long as the ballast has circulation you’re good.

I’ve had great experiences with GE, Philips, Sylvania, nVision and Ikea. Between those 5 brands, there’s probably a CFL that fits your needs. They may not be available in your area, but they exist. There are quite a few other brands that consistently rank very high. The New York times did a comprehensive test sometime last year.

As for longevity, I still have some bulbs that I used in my college apartment almost 10 years ago. I want them to burn out so I can get new bulbs. Some of them were even used in bathrooms (round, frosted bulbs for vanity lighting and longer squarish Edison-base bulbs for the exhaust fan.) As long as the ballast has circulation you’re good.

I’ve had great experiences with GE, Philips, Sylvania, nVision and Ikea. Between those 5 brands, there’s probably a CFL that fits your needs. They may not be available in your area, but they exist. There are quite a few other brands that consistently rank very high. The New York times did a comprehensive test sometime last year.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=190185

http://www.execulink.com/~impact/fluorescent_lights.htm