Should you use CFL lightbulbs?
My mom sent me an email over the weekend. It's a link to a YouTube video. A Texas senator is speaking against a proposed energy bill that will require all Americans to change over to CFL lightbulbs by 2014. Believe me, I am all for doing things that have less of an impact on the environment. It's the right thing to do, but after watching this video...I'm not so sure that CFLs are the best alternative.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
We use them in our home in some light fixtures. But I just can't read with them. Flourescent bulbs cause eye strain for me. Does anyone esle notice that?
Just an interesting side note. When I was a little girl our family went to Washington D.C. and on that trip we went to Thomas Edison's workshop (I think it was the real thing). The one thing I remember was that in one room there was a single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling and they told us that it was one of his original bulbs! When he invented them he created a bulb that wouldn't burn out! It is the lightbulb companies that made lightbulbs have a short lifespan. Heck, how could they make money if they didn't burn out?
I cannot read or do needlework by CFL bulbs. So add me to the list.
Mom
Posted by: Mom | Monday, June 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM