CFL Poll Results
Posted by Chad Norman June 4th, 2007 .Hey, thanks for participating in the first Go Green Poll! At the time of this post, there are 44 votes - more than I anticipated to be honest. I’m glad the count is high, as I hope to use this tool for serious litmus testing later on. Anyhoo, here’s that first poll:
Loading …Looks like we’re all on our way to being incandescent-free. I’m encouraged by the results, as only 20% of respondents were just getting started or not using them. I think this shows a willingness for people to change longterm habits in an effort to make a difference. Great job everyone!
I use CFL’s in areas like my garage, where I don’t spend a lot of time, because there is some evidence that the frequencies radiated by these bulbs aren’t so good for us as animals. Let’s face it, who doesn’t remember getting splitting headaches the first week of school each year? It was because we had to re-adapt to the artificial lighting after spending all summer running around outside like little Turks (the way the human animal was designed).
Unfortunately, the other problem with CFL’s is that there is a high concentration of Mercury inside each, and if you drop one and break it, you can expose your family to many times the “healthy” level of Mercury. Theoretically, you’re supposed to get a haz-mat team out, rip out the flooring, blah, blah, blah… just as if you’ve been running a meth-lab in your kitchen. Many thousands of dollars. All for a dropped lightbulb.
Of course, no one ever does this; so we are now contaminating our homes with Mercury. How green and clean is that?
I always look at CFLs as a stop gap between incandescent bulbs and LEDs. Five years from now when all my CFLs are burning out, I can hopefully replace them with more efficient LEDs units.