The Light Bulb Conspiracy

We are told that we can save energy and money by using energy-saving light bulbs. However, are you sure that the utility companies want their annual income reduced? Could this be a conspiracy to justify their rate increases?

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News & Politics

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• bulb
• conspiracy
• energy

[JimiDelicious]

Don't get me started on free energy and how the current system rapes people into slavery..

[Freedom3777]

So it is not the bulbs, it is the Government!

This should not be called "The Light Bulb Conspiracy"

This should be called "The Truth About The Fed"

Anyways, Go LED and really piss them off! -lol

[galegregory97comcast]

read the bill on the bulb.and the clean up if you drop it o m g

[jackvincent90]

@Freedom3777 oh no led's are getting to efficient, looks like we shall have to make them illegal

[I967]

@SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE Just five minutes ago the so-called "energy saving" lamp in my room started short-circuiting, flickering in awful psychedellic colors and it was only seconds, but before i got to turn it off it died with an awful soundtrack of WZZZ BZZZ ZZZZ ZZZEET *crack*! I nearly SHIT my pants. And the smell! Unbelievable. No way. I replaced it with a classic light bulb, and the difference in light warmth is reassuring. Energy saving bullshit. Greedy bastards.

[mecamaster]

@nmste WAL*MART is lit with florescent lights, Not only that but I haven't actually seen an incandescent in like a year except the one in my sisters ez bake oven. Mercury is everywhere, Just be careful with it and you'll be fine.

[mecamaster]

@SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE The ballast in the light bulb's base went bad, Our electric company gave us a hole box of crappy Chinese made CFLs 4 years ago, yet not one has gone bad. Incandescent cause more fires then CFLs. Oh and charging more for something people are trying to use less of doesn't make scene.

[sownzgr8]

@Freedom3777 Your comment is the only one that made any sense here and exactly, this has nothing to do with light bulbs.

[LHFX]

@roush26 Considering the fact that most electricity in the US is produced by burning coal, by having incandescent light bulbs use about 5 times more electricity than CFL's you are releasing a lot more mercury in the environment using incandescent light bulbs than CFL's. As for the skin cancer issue, as long as your not bolting a dozen CFL's next to your body you have a lot more chances of dying from stupidity.

[hazza1o1]

@CleanGreenLight you're an idiot

[roush26]

@stickedU yup, and you'll throw em away and break in landfills and get mercury in the water supply, or break in your house and you'll have to bring people to clean up the place from toxicity, oh and lets not forget they give off a ton of UV radiation...so cheers to cancer and poisoning and they wonder why more children are born autistic these days

[UnderManlac]

My cheap incandescent bulbs have lasted 2 years now. I don't use them 24/7. I conserve energy by not using them unnecessarily and I have dimmers for mood lighting, saving energy in the process. You can't properly dim CFLs or LEDs, with standard dimmers. Long live incandescent bulbs.