<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:56 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrnosee@gmail.com">jrnosee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Yeah, I got CFL "round" bulbs (CFL's with a round diffuser) for our bathroom. We did this because CFL's match the light tone of the fluorescent we put in the other half of our bathroom. The CFL bulbs take a while to "warm up" and now my wife hates them.<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br clear="all"></div></div></blockquote></div><br>I've bought some that are very bright early on but most aren't. I'm intending to leave some of the incandescents in there along with the CFLs which is why I'm looking to get the same shape and size as the originals.<br>
<br>I'm also thinking about getting switches for the bathroom that turn themselves off after a time. I'm working on the family but I have a 2 year old and our kids have friends, etc.<br><br>I've thought about the recycling issue too and I do keep a box with a few bulbs that need to be recycled. Being "green" isn't easy because there are always trade-offs. I think saving electricity is good though because it makes a significant difference on my monthly power bill. $2 - $4 per month per bulb for bulbs that are on a lot. <br>
<br>My family can live with the trade-offs. I really don't think they appreciate how wonderful it is to be able to carry on normal activities after dark simply by flipping a switch. My wife's grandpa who is still alive installed electricity to houses when he was a young man. He couldn't use power tools because the houses had no electricity yet! All things considered, that wasn't that long ago.<br>
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