[Tig] bulbs for the home

[Erik Hansen]

Yes, my wife the cinematographer does not care for the light coming  
out. But there have been studies that saying that you can save more  
energy replacing (X number, can't remember) bulbs to CFL than driving  
a Prius. Can't afford a Prius so we do what we can. As bulbs go out,  
we are replacing them with CFLs.

I would highly suggest reading the article from Fast Company -  
<http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/108/open_lightbulbs.html>

A couple of quotes -

"One thing hasn't changed: the energy savings. Compact fluorescents  
emit the same light as classic incandescents but use 75% or 80% less  
electricity. What that means is that if every one of 110 million  
American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it  
home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the  
energy saved would be enough to power a city of 1.5 million people.  
One bulb swapped out, enough electricity saved to power all the homes  
in Delaware and Rhode Island. In terms of oil not burned, or  
greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is  
equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads."

"Last year, conversations started in Wal-Mart around the potential of  
swirls to save customers money on utility bills. "Somebody asked,  
'What difference would it make if we changed the bulbs in the ceiling- 
fan display to CFLs?'" says Kerby. A typical Wal-Mart has 10 models  
of ceiling fans on display, each with four bulbs. Forty bulbs per  
store, 3,230 stores.

"Someone went off and did the math," says Kerby. "They told me we  
could save $6 million in electric bills by changing the incandescents  
to CFLs in more than 3,000 Wal-Marts. I couldn't believe it. I didn't  
know I was paying $6 million to light those fixtures. I said, that  
can't be right, go back and do the math again." The numbers came out  
the same the second time: savings of $6 million a year. "That, for  
me, was an 'I got it' moment."

Best,
- Erik

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On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Rob Lingelbach wrote:

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> On Jan 2, 2007, at 5:31 , P_Stansfield wrote
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>>
>> Like you, I dislike them intensely. (no pun intended) and would  
>> like to
>> know how their spectrum
>> is composed. I'm not against saving energy, or 'the planet', but  
>> there's a
>> limit as to how far I'll go!
>
> let's see how the TIG responds.   I am with you in terms of their  
> output, these
> bulbs.
>
> regards
> Rob
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