tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post646927970027546394..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Let there be (incandescent) lightJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67421209652973622912010-10-28T14:32:41.986-04:002010-10-28T14:32:41.986-04:00Sandy, we may be sisters-under-the-skin. I drive ...Sandy, we may be sisters-under-the-skin. I drive a hybrid, have recycled for years (even tearing the labels off my cans), wrap up in a blanket rather than turning on the heat, ya-ta-da, ya-ta-da...but I can't fathom giving up incandescent bulbs. Not only a headache, but now I find I can't see to read unless I'm outside or have a 100-150 watt bulb over my shoulder. Hoarding, here I Michele Drierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944263184981732147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67324428743125062982010-10-28T12:45:27.432-04:002010-10-28T12:45:27.432-04:00Since these bulbs (all the ones I've looked at...Since these bulbs (all the ones I've looked at) are made in China, not an environmentally friendly manufacturing environment, and since they contain mercury, which is a polluter once they're thrown away, aren't they not as good as we seem to automatically think? And they don't work well if at all on dimmer switches, etc. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-10436535440561003452010-10-28T09:00:20.125-04:002010-10-28T09:00:20.125-04:00I have bathroom light fixtures and expensive lamps...I have bathroom light fixtures and expensive lamps that do not take any of the currently available "green" lights. So I am stockpiling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-2204567531514314622010-10-28T04:35:30.993-04:002010-10-28T04:35:30.993-04:00Living in the EU I'm going to buy these German...Living in the EU I'm going to buy these German "heatballs" :).<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69E4EM20101015Christine Hammarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291339756674225110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30410146121255673832010-10-28T04:33:56.302-04:002010-10-28T04:33:56.302-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christine Hammarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291339756674225110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-63970228853286414732010-10-27T21:05:21.334-04:002010-10-27T21:05:21.334-04:00FYI: Britain and the European Union countries took...FYI: Britain and the European Union countries took incandescents off the market last year. They're phasing out halogens by 2016. Countries all over the world are imposing bans on the manufacture and sale of incandescents. Canada is one of those countries, so people in the US can't cross the border to buy contraband lightbulbs. (Imagine being stopped by border police and arrested for Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-68673308723759057582010-10-27T20:56:18.916-04:002010-10-27T20:56:18.916-04:00I'm wondering if (and when) halogen lights wil...I'm wondering if (and when) halogen lights will be banned. They're super-bright but produce a huge amount of heat, so they're not as energy-efficient as fluorescents (but more so than incandescents, apparently). Maybe I should stock up on halogens too. You can take pretty good photos indoors under halogen light. Fluorescent is hopeless, unless you like the look of green skin.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-55431894298443843222010-10-27T20:33:04.510-04:002010-10-27T20:33:04.510-04:00Hank and Sharon, the taste of Diet Coke has never ...Hank and Sharon, the taste of Diet Coke has never been good. You just drank it for the Coke name and the lack of calories. That's my opinion anyway.Marilynnehttp://marilynnesmith.com/bloggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40285847866849676872010-10-27T20:31:10.825-04:002010-10-27T20:31:10.825-04:00I don't mind fluorescent light by my outside d...I don't mind fluorescent light by my outside doors. I don't mind it in places where I just need a little lighting. They are forgetting that I need to see. I'm getting older so I need even more light to read by. I like to see what I eat.<br /><br />I guess I'm going to have to stock up too. I can't live by fluorescent lights alone.Marilynnehttp://marilynnesmith.com/bloggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13107315127978124812010-10-27T19:24:18.465-04:002010-10-27T19:24:18.465-04:00I love your post because I relate - my new lightbu...I love your post because I relate - my new lightbulbs are driving me nuts. I'm in the dark ages - the kitchen bulbs take minutes to 'warm up' to bright, so I'm scarfing for breakfast in the dark. I'll give the new ones credit for lasting longer, but they're so big and ugly. And, as you can read, I haven't mastered calling them by their proper name yet. Rebelling. <br /Rochelle Staabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700362801884548978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-11185796980289779752010-10-27T12:34:42.885-04:002010-10-27T12:34:42.885-04:00I plan on reverting to tallow candles and going to...I plan on reverting to tallow candles and going to bed when the sun goes down. Or I'll start a firefly ranch and will keep canning jars of them in every room of my house.<br /><br />Will the refrigerator lights be fluorescent too? If so, won't the time it takes standing there with the fridge open for the bulb to warm up enough to see anything offset any gains made by the switch? Or is Jessie Crocketthttp://www.jessiecrockett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-61752477920972971672010-10-27T12:02:00.507-04:002010-10-27T12:02:00.507-04:00Omigosh, I've set off a hoarding trend!
Hank...Omigosh, I've set off a hoarding trend! <br /><br />Hank, I remember how bereft I was when cyclamates were banned. The taste of Diet Coke was never the same again.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-38633474224354043442010-10-27T11:39:57.837-04:002010-10-27T11:39:57.837-04:00I had no idea this was on the horizon. I thought t...I had no idea this was on the horizon. I thought the incandescent were environmentally sound. I too am going to hoard them from now on. Thanks for the heads up.judyalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767466505891813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-60841105584165375042010-10-27T10:07:24.345-04:002010-10-27T10:07:24.345-04:00Yikes! I had no idea. Thanks. Off to the store..
...Yikes! I had no idea. Thanks. Off to the store..<br /><br />(When they banned cyclamates in the late 60's? My college roomante and I scoured the stores and bought up all the Diet-Rite cola we could find. I still laugh. It was banned as a carcinogen! But at 19, we thought it was more important to be thin.)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74323225509562099132010-10-27T09:05:24.377-04:002010-10-27T09:05:24.377-04:00When I changed all the bulbs in the house I though...When I changed all the bulbs in the house I though I was going blind. I changed back and relieved to find I could see clearly again.<br />Yes, I have a stash.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74766874193892323672010-10-27T08:12:53.080-04:002010-10-27T08:12:53.080-04:00My husband is also hoarding lightbulbs. Glad to kn...My husband is also hoarding lightbulbs. Glad to know we're not the only ones doing this!The Cat Bastethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766507614966971022noreply@blogger.com