[Rhodes22-list] Environment

[Robert Skinner]

Slim,

It's the commie pinko florescent thing that rankles.  
It was invented by a frenchman, you know.  Totally 
unAmerican.  So it costs a little more money -- we 
can't let the frogs take over the world.  Go, Ed!
Save us from ourselves.

/Robert
(Let's see, is there anyone else I can insult?)
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Slim wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> I have just one question for you:  What color is the sky in your world?
> Brad's no liberal and neither is Rik.  They're simply sane.  I wouldn't
> presume to speak for those two great minds but it seems to me that being a
> conservative means that you want to conserve.  I applaud them.  I, as a
> liberal choose to liberate myself from the tired, old, inefficient
> technology from 150 years ago. Incandescents give off 10% light and 90%
> heat.  So if you're hatching chicks in an incubator...fine.  But for
> lighting your hallway, garage, bedroom, basement, etc., what's wrong with
> saving a few bucks?
> Slim
> 
> On 2/22/07 7:57 PM, "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Ah so Brad has turned into an environmental liberal?  This should make Stan
> > happy.
> >
> > You know while these bulbs, which are sold all over the place do not put the
> > same lumins per watt as the less environmentally safe Thomas Edison
> > originals so that either you have to get bigger bulbs for the same lumens or
> > just be an enviromentalist and live with less lumens.  On the other hand
> > they are supposed to last longer.  But again, sir Brad, this is a sell job
> > without telling folks all the facts.  You have never heard that line have
> > you?  I like the version that puts out light in the same spectrum as
> > sunlight.  Brightens up the place.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> >