tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468878494750616528.post5813388031485916940..comments2024-01-01T22:27:57.121-06:00Comments on A Kind Word and a 2x4: Instead of presents under the tree this year...Da Curly Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07631427436506831892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468878494750616528.post-62946430015792060542011-12-01T00:43:56.250-06:002011-12-01T00:43:56.250-06:00Larry...I'd have probably MADE part of a switc...Larry...I'd have probably MADE part of a switch to LED's already if they weren't 3-4x as expensive as the CFL's. I'm an LED believer if only because of the multiple LED flashlights I've purchased..holy fracking hell I love those things. To outfit my parents master bedroom would cost...at minimum $105 [7 sockets total. bath, bedroom closets x a minimum of $15/bulb actually most of the ones I've looked at are $20]<br />Plus I need 3ways...I haven't seen those in an LED bulb...yetDa Curly Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631427436506831892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468878494750616528.post-75169123270526062372011-11-30T12:48:22.903-06:002011-11-30T12:48:22.903-06:00But, but, but, I like having a huge increase of me...But, but, but, I like having a huge increase of mercury in my landfills. I love breathing the fumes from a broken CFL! Mercury vapour is cool! And so great for the environment!bassethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865106400094050929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468878494750616528.post-33414501074019354812011-11-30T07:40:26.725-06:002011-11-30T07:40:26.725-06:00First the disclaimer: I work for one of the two la...First the disclaimer: I work for one of the two largest manufactures of white LEDs in the world.<br />And now that's out of the way, the way you sell LED bulbs or CFLs is not by touting their "green" creds but showing Johnny Homeowner how he can save a bundle on his power bill and not have to change bulbs out as often.<br />It would help if you could get the LED bulbs down under 10 bucks a bulb, CFLs are already there but they contain mercury (another fallacy of the "green" movement's support of CFLs).<br />Bottom line, don't limit my choices, just show me the advantages. If there are definite advantages to the LED or CFL over the incandescent then I'll buy them.<br />It's called the free market, and it works every time it's tried.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.com