Saving the Day
No need to worry about Global Warming anymore. I've switched the majority of bulbs in my house to new enviro-friendly compact florescent spirals from GE (via Wal-Mart.) Each bulb will save 150 lbs of CO2 a year. I'm currently adapting to my new murky environment. The new enviro-bulbs have a slightly phlegm-greenish cast that makes me feel like I'm underwater. Maybe the soft-white is a bit too soft. I'll try the harsh-white and report back.
The good news is that I can leave my house ablaze 24/7 for a tiny-fraction of the energy consumption of my old ice-cap-melting incandescents. Hurray!
Peter urged me to hang onto the receipts so that I can get a refund if they burn out prior to the promised 8-year life expectancy. If someone offered to pay me the cost of the bulbs to store a receipt for 8 years, I’d laugh. Anyway, the world will probably be a scorched desert by then. Carpe diem.
posted by danielcoyne @ 12:44 AM
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3 Comments:
Eight years isn't as long as you think, Captain Nemo.
I should revise my statement. It comes across like I’m saying the money is a trifle, when I mean to say that the likelihood of me being able to hang onto the receipts that long is low — even if someone paid me the cost of the bulbs.
And yes...8 years is a blink on the geological calender.
-Daniel
I've had these lightbulbs before as well. Something about them makes me uncomfortable. I don't trust anything that can be effective at what it does for such a long stretch of time without a vacation.
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