Do you use Energy Saving Lights?

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Answer 1

Let me start off by saying we (my family and I) live 100% off of the grid and are completely self-sufficient with a 0% Carbon footprint. I believe this is the first step anyone can make “help the environment”. Once you convert your own life style to a greener more eco friendly route, you can start helping others.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs, right now, are more " eco-wise" then anything else most consumers can get a hold of (ie. incandescent) and currently save over 2000 times their own weight in greenhouse gases.

But since my house is completely on solar / wind and we REALLY need to watch usage, every light is fitted with s***w type (typical 110v lamp socket style) LED bulbs. They emit the same luminosity (typically 45) but at only 1watt rather then a 45w compact or 10w CFL. However they usually cost twice as much as CFLs which is twice as much (or more) as compacts. Still LEDs would be the way to go by far.

As for the second part of your question...

Mercury IS the lesser of the evils, without getting toooo elaborate discussing specifics (ie. which burns ozone faster, other layer's besides ozone, disposing locations, methods, wind conditions, etc), one needs less mercury gas then most others, to obtain the same luminosity in a vacuum because of mercury's longer agitated spectral wavelength. Mercury's wavelength is more blue which is a longer more "luminous" or brighter light to say sodium, which is a more light orange or shorter less bright (red being the shortest) wavelength. so you'd need more sodium or other, in the tube or more electricity to the tube, to create the same luminosity as mercury.

so mercury wins out only because the sheer volume needed is less then the others.

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

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Answer 2

Yes, they save energy and my electric bill. Everyone of my lights is now a CFL.

Answer 3

These types of bulbs are made in CHINA, the same people who shipped us poison dog food.

These bulbs should be a concern for these stupid environmentalists, because the CFC’s reportedly destroy the ozone layer. They are made from a chlorine based substance, but oh no, they won’t mention that will they. We have to put people in danger by making laws that prohibit the incandescent bulbs by 2012.

The government officials who make these laws should be the first people to be made to test market these for safety over the 5 year period. Il bet that they stock pile incandescent bulbs for there own use after the law goes into effect.

Answer 4

Yes, I do. In fact all but one bulb in (and around) my house are either fluorescent or LED. The one that is not is in my family room which is on a dimmer switch; fluorescents can not be dimmed with the current consumer-available technology.

I, or rather my family, actually switched slowly (as the old bulbs burned out) before the environmental movement was really popular. I think we got our first around 10 years ago, and the really neat thing: it is still working! It is simply economically smart to use fluorescents (specifically CFLs).

Answer 5

nope i insist on hearing more moms cry on tv from there family members in the cave in the mines and using 3 times as much power and waste 500 lbs of coal why would i buy light bulbs that save energy who cares if those bulbs should be in a museum i run them and i run them all in the house why would i change them out and as far as anything that saves energy like clothes lines or anything else i tear it out and make shure our new mc mantion thats pestiside drenched that our laws in our community state no habitat and no green building practices and no energy saving i never look for energy star i belive its just a gimmic and i dont eat organic either i insist on only skull and cross bones in my food and poision in my drinking water because its so good i drink a gallon of it every day

Answer 6

YES! Everyone should. True, if they break it is a problem, but that just means people should not be careless with them.

I am an interior designer and a group I'm in created a sub-group to raise awareness about these light bulbs, check it out!

http://www.caus.vt.edu/maketheswitch/pag...

Answer 7

i think you areo talking about energy - star bulbs......

for residential, you may not save too much energy, it is mainly for schools or apartment buildings

Answer 8

No, they are terrible.  The contain mercury so if they break you need a hazmat team to decontaminate the area(according to the EPA).  They do not dim and they are not a bright as the old ones.

Answer 9

yes, every single one, every one

Answer 10

yes and no, they don't fit under most of my light covers.=(

Answer 11

yes--i do!   it helps out on the electric bill!