Incredibly and depressingly, the House voted today to withhold funding to enforce part of a 2007 law that increases efficiency standards for light bulbs, despite mounting evidence that new efficiency standards will help the environment and save consumers about $6 billion a year by 2015. Representative Michael Burgess, Republican of Texas, said "the federal government has no right to tell me or any other citizen what type of light bulb to use at home... Consumers want the 100-watt light bulb, and some consumers need the 100-watt light bulb." Read more at The New York Times.
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I prefer the CFLs for most of my lighting needs - mostly because I like the longer life. That said, I don't want anyone forcing me to purchase a certain type of bulb. Plus, I'm concerned about the hazards of a broken CFL so I try to use incandescent bulbs in lamps that are accessible to my grandkids and pets.
I agree with Ima. CFLs are certainly more "green" but I don't want one in my child's bedroom or in lamps in my living room. From what I understand if the mercury gets on your carpet you pretty much have to pitch it and get new flooring.
We had a ceiling fan installed in our living room that has three lamps. It has a dimmer switch, but the fan came with CFL bulbs, which can't be dimmed. What were they thinking? That said, I'd like to retain the option of having a bulb that can be used with a dimmer. I don't know if there are any CFLs than can be dimmed.