Have you switched the light bulbs in your house or apartment to Energy Saving bulbs yet?

Question

I just bought an Energy Saving bulb that uses 15 watts of electricity but produces the same amount of light as a 60 watt bulb. It is supposed to last 5-6 years too. Over the life of the new bulb I am supposed to save approximately $35 on my electric bill. I will not lie, the Energy Saving bulb was expensive--about $7--but I think it was a wise investment.

Are you going to switch to Energy Saving light bulbs now that you know how much you can save? Don't forget, you will be cutting down on carbon emissions considerably.

Answer 1

I've switched some of them. They don't work as well for decorative lighting; the warm glow produced by incandescent bulbs can't be reproduced with flourescents.

Too, you need to dispose of the fluorescent bulbs in an environmentally safe manner. These lamps contain small amounts of mercury, as well as more hardware in the base than is contained in an incandescent bulb. They should not be simply thrown into the trash.

You should also make sure that you are using newer ones. Some of the old ones had the potential to cause fires.

Answer 2

If the whole country switches to energy saving bulbs then we have a much bigger issue than saving energy, and that is the massive cost of disposal.  The Mercury found in these bulbs in the vast quanity needed to switch the whole country will cause much greater problems than using more energy.  Look at all the facts on the issues and not just what the Liberal Spun Media Machine gives you.  Global Warming is a trojan horse for Socialism, wake up Americans. Global warming is at the fore front because politicians found how to use a new platform to get re-elected. The world leaders use it because they found ways to make money at it. This is a made up problem just like Global Cooling in the 1970's. Wake up people. I agree we need to be more efficient with our resources, and we should fine and jail companies who are dumping into our rivers maliciously. I want to stop the raiforest destruction, but to say that global warming is a serious man made issue and we need to destroy the American economy and bow down to the rest of the world certainly does not float my boat. Follow the money on this one and you will see that it is all for political gain and grant money for those scientists who profit off of the government if global warming stays at the front of the issues. Look deep into the Keoto (sp?) Treaty, first of all they took jets to a non-central resort location. Not very environmentally concious. THen in the parameters of the treaty they have a clause that makes it so you can buy or sell polution credits. This is all about shifting wealth and breaking down the United States. This is painfully obvious, just look at peoples agenda. The earth's mean temperature has risen .6 degrees C in the past 125 years. Greenland's icecaps have gotten colder in the past 10 years. The Scientists who do not gain anything on their posisition will tell you that the earth has a natural progression and this is what we are seeing. The UN report is made up of POLITICIANS not a good spread of scientists. THere are as many or more scientists who believe that man in NOT the reason and it is over hyped, but their voice is not heard in the LIberal Mainstream Media. This issue is 99% political, and an attempt to make the USA a socialist nation, and eventually communisim. WAKE UP AMERICA, IT IS TIME TO BE AMERICANS. FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. STOP THE LIES