Congress to pass bill by 2014 to ban household use of Thomas Edison light bulb.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg

Interesting!

His invention will still be used in lots of other devices though.

Cool, except for the whole being filled with mercury thing. Reducing energy consumption, increasing environmental pollution.

I live in a town of over 300,000 with subburbs reaching 400,000 and there is only 1 place that recycles these bulbs. They are terrible in ceiling fans, garage door openers and drop lights. Anything with vibration kills them as well as most don't work with dimmers, and some will not work with electric eyes for automatic use.

I can't wait for LEDs!!!!

As for the mercury it's a very small trace. I bet you have more mercury in your thermostat then in a house full of CFLs.

Forget LEDs, OLED here we come!

Yes, but how often do you throw a thermostat in the garbage? How often do you think people are going to go through the trouble of actually recycling them? I guess its fine, as long as you're nowhere near the dump and its groundwater.

Candles + Glow from the TV + Glow from the Laptop = FTW

candles + cats = flaming fireballs FTL

I think on mythbusters they proved that these didn't save any energy and they have mercury in them.... I might be wrong tho.

Its a lower wattage bulb with the same level of light output. Mythbusters proves some crazy stuff (with invalid at times), but I'd like to know how they managed to justify that conclusion.

edit: did a quick search, this is all I found: http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/12/episode_69_22000_foot_fall_lig.html

Does that sound like the episode you're refering to?

Yea I think that was it.

I episode I saw was about whether it was more cost effective to leave the lights on for two minutes when you left the room, or leave them on. The myth was that it took 2 minutes of energy to turn on the bulb. This was proved as false with a bunch of high tech meters. Basically, the worst bulb they tested, took 2 seconds worthg of power to come on, so only if you left the room for less than 2 seconds was it worth it.

Less wattage means less power, means cost savings. Standard light bulbs really do not amount to much of your electric bill. Appliances and HVAC is where it is. To save $$ in the summer, run your dryer only first thing in the morning. Remember, you must draw in outside air to replace the air it is blowing out. Would you rather suck in 70 degree air in the AM, or 90 degree air later in the day. Do the opposite come winter, run your dryer when it is warmest out. Turn your AC up 1-2 degrees and use a ceiling fan to keep cool. Make sure you have good attic ventilation, as standard shingles hold heat for almost 6 hours after the sun goes down.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/Finddealsonline/P42610.asp

http://www.energy.gov/yourhome.htm

Yah Chevman I saw that one, and you pretty much nailed it.