OT: Incandescent lamps get a reprieve, possiblly

No, it's not a 'no brainer' for every application. As Chuck was saying, the color of the light can be important. In my office at home I have a piece of art on the wall that I illuminate with the only incandescent in the room. The 'warm' light looks better with the brass. I also mix CFLs and incandescents in the bathroom, primarily for my wife's benefit. The other fixtures in my office are now populated with LEDs. Part of it is the energy savings, but more importantly was the temperature control. The temperature of my office would go up by over ten degrees (F) when I turned on the incandescent lights! Then fire up my VAX 4000-300 and it was truly a sauna. (I moved the VAX into a larger room and turned down the heating vents.) I think it's political posturing to declare a benign technology to be unlawful. Let the market decide - if CFLs are truly a 'no brainer' then that's what people will buy. (That can be read several ways, and I mean all of them.) -- Ian ________________________________________ From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire [mcguire at neurotica.com] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: OT: Incandescent lamps get a reprieve, possiblly On 4/8/11 11:57 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: Surely you don't believe that's the only reason. Heck, I'd personally never even considered where or how they were made. I just look at the "100W worth of light for 12W of energy" part, and it's a no-brainer. [snip]