Go Forth and Screw and Earn Green Credits
No, this isn't some bizarre sex article, you swine! Get your filthy mind out of the gutter and read on. Many months ago, I started replacing the incandescent light bulbs in my home with CFLs (compact fluorescent lights). Now I'd love to claim that this change was solely motivated by environmental consciousness, but that was not the case. What really motivated it was laziness.
I get tired of changing the light bulbs all the time and when we moved into the river house, it seemed like every bulb in the place was on the rapidly increasing downside slope of planned obsolescence. It seemed like every day or two - another one blinked out.
We had a small supply of new bulbs when we moved in, but they started running out and when I went to the big box hardware store, I went looking for long-life bulbs. While I was there, I saw some of the new swirly looking fluorescent bulbs and they said they'd last a really, really long time and I was immediately hooked.
I get tired of changing the light bulbs all the time and when we moved into the river house, it seemed like every bulb in the place was on the rapidly increasing downside slope of planned obsolescence. It seemed like every day or two - another one blinked out.
We had a small supply of new bulbs when we moved in, but they started running out and when I went to the big box hardware store, I went looking for long-life bulbs. While I was there, I saw some of the new swirly looking fluorescent bulbs and they said they'd last a really, really long time and I was immediately hooked.
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