Candles or Lights?

Question

Does anyone know which is better for the environment. I love my candles but my bf said it is worse than having lights on. Having candles is a perfect way to relax at night and I don't like having lights on as they are too bright.

Answer 1

there both bad for the enviornment fairly equal

Answer 2

I've never heard of candles being bad for the environment!

I LOVE candles, and have tons lit all over my house every night!

Answer 3

I like candles and soft, ambiant lights.

Answer 4

Candles are great for providing a nice soothing ambiance but can cause harm to the enivornment by polluting the air in which you breathe. If you want a candle like setting try putting dimmers on your lights so you can turn them down and in that way they provide a nice peaceful setting in which to relax while keeping the air clean!

Answer 5

good for me?? ummmm u better watch it bc i still have feelings for this girl....u herb!

Answer 6

Candles are nice. However, have you ever considered oil lamps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamps

http://cappling.deviantart.com/art/Chand...

Answer 7

there are trade offs, but candles or more romantic.

Answer 8

I'm an example of a candle lit life with electric relaxation

brain trampled by divotion to remote control channle changing

Answer 9

Candles are rather inefficient, plus they are expensive.  Most are also made from petroleum wax.

If normal lamps are too bright for you, get one of the little 3-watt compact fluorescent bulbs (Home Depot), which will cost about 1/30¢/hour to run.  If that's still too bright, you might try a LED nightlight.

Answer 10

why would a candle be bad?

Answer 11

Most candles are made with animal fats and smoke isn't good for you either. Many wicks have lead in them too. If you use soy candles with cotton wicks it would be better for you BUT they are pricey.

If you use the newer lightbulbs you can save on elcetricity usage and if the lights are too bright install a dimmer switch. The new bulbs don't work with them tho, so be aware to only use them on regular lights.

Ultimately it is better for the environment if you were able to go off grid (use a renewable energy source and/or not be hooked up to the utilities) Alot of people are starting to go that way with all the incentives being given. Another option, at least in my area, is to stipulate that you want your electricity to come from a "green" source and you pay a slightly higher fee and receive energy from like wind farms etc.

Of course going to bed earlier would help also ;)

Answer 12

L.E.D candles are cool

Answer 13

Lights, because candles pollute the environment a lot.

Answer 14

candles are better

Answer 15

I see no problem with candles, as long as you don't try to make your house as bright as it would be with electric lights by just using lots and lots of candles.

But they do make a nice kind of romantic light. I remember seeing the 1984 movie Amadeus in a theater and the candle light scenes were awesome. The golden light made the scenes look like they really were illuminated by the candles and not by stage lights with candles used as props. Who knows, maybe they were! Unfortunately the effect is totally lost in video copies of the film because all the scenes are white balanced to make them look "normal", which makes the golden candlelit scenes look like normal modern white light, and the candle flames themselves look bluish as a result. And the new CFL and LED lights and mercury vapor and sodium vapor street lights are an even more unpleasant light. After getting used to these modern lights, regular incandescent lights are starting to look romantic to me!

Answer 16

candles would be better cause they barely hurt the enviorment