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Originally Posted by Kenneth R.
So, I love environmentally conscious people. I really do. But some of their chicken little esque panicking has resulted in some bad lawmaking.
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I like saving the environment too. I'm also an electrical engineer. CFLs are the second worst thing for indoor lighting. LEDs would be the absolute worst! (and yes, they flicker too!) Best light - incandescent bulbs!
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ADDED: Oh, and CFLs hum too. And they interfere with radio frequency devices like TV remotes and stereos. Imagine how fucked American recording studios are going to be when this goes into effect.
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Computers are bad enough with their switched power supplies. Thank God that the BPL (broadband over power lines) pretty much is going to go away. The interference with that would be so great that everything would be effed up!
Also - people don't realize how much added hazardous waste would be generated with CFLs. The ballasts are not recycleable (they should be!) and they'll clog up landfills worse than regular flourescent tubes or incandescent bulbs.
Ugh.... fixing one problem, causing many more problems.
