I was listening to some NPR story about why people who consider themselves environmentalists don't use CFL lightbulbs.
Cocksucker #1: I would, but they can't be dimmed.
Me(yelling in my car): Fuck you. Yes, heaven forbid saving the planet should cause you some minor inconfuckingvience. Oh, if you can't control the exact level of light in your house, I guess there's no point in anybody fucking living on this planet at all.
Cocksucker #2: The light is just so harsh, so blue. I need to be surrounded by soft light.
Me(yelling in my car): Oh thank God princess here wasn't born before the invention of the incandescent bulb, she would have had to fucking kill herself for the lighting.
Here's the thing. If you can't envision sacrificing something as petty as control over the lighting in which you live, give up on being an "environmentalist." Fuck, give up on living 20 years from now, because some shit is coming down and you are going to have to give up a whole lot more than that.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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oh yeah, i was right there with you. tonight it was the assholes on marketplace. a few days ago all things considered did a similar story and yet another fuckhead was complaining that CFL bulbs take too long to get bright, which apparently really pissed this woman off. fuck that bullshit. just thinking about that story makes me angry all over again.
ASH and I are on the same page and I love it!
(aren't we usually?)
I wish I could understand what people are talking about with the quality of light from CFLs. I use them, and I can't see it.
What I know for sure is that in some fixtures incandescent bulbs emit a high pitched hum that drives me up a wall. I've asked around, and most people can't hear it, but I sure can. If CFLs did that, then I wouldn't use them and Earth be damned.
Thus, I favor a comprehensive carbon tax.
Just FYI - you can get CFL's that are housed in opaque bulbs and have a much softer light from the Ikea. The bright white-ness of most CFLs is kind of harsh, especially when you have, say, a dirty kitchen.
Bottom-line... don't worry kids, the market has got you covered!
There are three standard types of CFLs. I think anyone who dismisses them because of their light (or that they imperceptibly flicker) has not done any investigation into CFLs. And by investigation, I mean been to a Home Depot.
I was reading some Slate article extolling the virtues of the incandescent and I made the mistake of reading the comments section where there were many people arguing and agreeing(!) that the heat generated from an incandescent bulb probably makes up for the extra energy usage, so therefore it is not better to use CFLs. If ever the was a government program to round up stupid people, these people would have had to have been jetting to the top of the list. When id that freakin' revolution getting here anyway.
I think I read something making fun of that on Sadly, No!
Check out this article: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/387/bridging_the_green_divide
FYI: I'm a long time reader, lazy*%& commentor - it's hard to keep up. but I love the blog, especially the juicy news from Eugene and the punditry. I'll try to get better about commenting.
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