From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:14:24 -0500, Robert Comer wrote:
>
>> It's not true for everyone, I started replacing my incandescents with
>> CFL's about 3 years ago and I have yet to have one of the CFL's burn
>> out. They've paid for themselves easily over incandescents...
>
> I really wasn't commenting on the time they last.  I was thinking more
> about the fact it costs more energy to make then regular bulbs, so you
> start behind the power curve.  You have to run a certain amount time to
> just make up for that extra energy.  Not concerned when you get your
> money back, thinking when the world starts saving power. :)
>
> George

Nah mate coz the reliability means it ain't production costs, logistic
costs, retail costs (all measured in energy) etc for 1 CFL vs 1 Bulb but 1
cfl vs say 8 incandescents.

Adam

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