How many think that CFLs will be the standard of efficiency and cleanliness in the future?

Question

Let's face it, our old incandescent bulb is only fit to warm our lizard's cage now. These outdated bulbs have served their purpose in lighting our homes for generations. Now energy prices warrant a more efficient use of our power and lighting. Such a change would save us untold amounts of capital for other spending. Already, a new demand for this change has ushered in a wide varity of energy saving devices. One major product used is the CFL which is much more efficient than a regular incandescent. A fluorescent can produce 61.5 lm/W while the similar incandescent produces a mere 13.3 lm/W. How about a light source that can produce over 100.0 lm/W! That is almost twice as efficient as the hailed CFL! There's more, how about a light that has almost no pollutants? Or lasts over 100,000 hours compared to 10,000 hours in florescent. This "super-light" is not some new alien technology, it's a light emitting diode or (L.E.D.).

Answer 1

I hope that CFL's aren't the standard. We need to go further than just changing our lights to CFL's (not to mention that they contain toxic mecury and plastics, the number one thing choking our planet). We need to cut back in every area of our lives.

Answer 2

LED's aren't something used just in clocks...they are commonly used on semi trucks as tail lights and brake lights.  Speaking from experience, they are also used on emergency vehicles because they are some much more reliable.  As soon as they they have a commercial residential interior light available, I will be in line purchasing it.  Not only do they take less energy in production, but they use a fraction of the energy in use.  With current technology, they are the perfect light!!  LED's are almost instant on when needed, unlike CFL's, and can put out any tone of light that is needed.

Answer 3

This question seems a lot more like SPAM than a question.

What the heck is wrong with you?

Answer 4

So wait, you are telling me that LED lights are better, less cost, and more home warming than Fluorescent lightbulbs?

My family still uses the same old lightbulbs.  And I really want to change their mind to lower cost for energy.

And they HATE fluorescent lights.  Because they can hurt your eyes.

And do LEDs turn on like flourescent lights where it takes a little longer?

EDIT - Thanks!  And when I meant by 'warm' is in like Home Accent.  Like you get a warm feeling like the old Lightbulbs.

And cost is no problem.

Answer 5

Just think of a LED having a 100,000 hour life span

5 hours a day = 20,000 days = 54.79 years.

What one has is a life time light bulb.

Over the course of its 55 years it will pay for itself over and over.