CFL light bulbs have been around for well over a decade. Only recently have they come in enough varieties and flavors to capture about 10% of the available sockets.
As a child I grew up with the same light bulb in the overhead socket for 15 years or more.
Most of the bulbs in our home died because I hit them with a basketball or something.
And remember how they just hung there,
the filament was so strong you could put a rope in it for a swing.
Well you know the old story- Now those same bulbs last about 3 months.
20 years ago GE reduced the filament for Wal Mart sales,
Now you have to have a magnifying glass to see if it is broken.
I used to rattle the bulbs to hear the broken wires-
they are so small today they float in the vacuum.
These CFL light bulbs are FANTASTIC according to GE and others,
they will last for 5 years.
BULL***deleted***,
they never last more than one year.
And the ones that catch moisture from the shower in my bathroom,
don’t last that long.
If we allow the old bulbs to be banned- soon these new fantastic CFLs will be lighting your homes and garages for 3 months at a much higher cost!
Not to mention the trillions of them being dumped into the environmentally un-friendly landfills alongside your plastic drink bottles.
Tree huggers will love that!
Thank You,
It felt good to bitch about something really important.
