Reply

Senora_M Nov 16, 2010 @ 1:44 pm | delete

cool lens. we have some lightbulbs like this and replace our old ones with the newer ones when they burn out. they definitely save money!!

Reply

Jun 22, 2008 @ 10:44 pm | delete

Some leaders of some countries would not allow tips like these primarily because they won't receive any kickbacks from it. Here in our country, a man invented a device that can make cars go using water but because leaders feel they can't make money from it, the inventor junked the idea. What a waste...tsk tsk tsk....

-Mark " I love Lucy checks " Serra

Reply

Luke Feb 7, 2008 @ 9:31 pm | delete

CF's contain mercury. Break one in your house, it's an instant haz-mat site. Bring in the guys with the white suits & respirators, because you don't want to breathe mercury vapor. The mercury is vaporizing because it has a low vapor pressure. Long story short, that cute $3 bulb will cost you $5000 or more to clean up if it breaks.
Plus, they oscillate or blink at 60hz, the frequency of our power system. Try looking at one with your peripheral vision, you'll find that it 'vibrates. Personally, I can't stand CF's. They make some people a lot of money, and they do happen to use less energy..But so does riding a bicycle.
Try LED's. Or soy candles.

Reply

Whisper W. Feb 23, 2007 @ 7:09 pm | delete

There is also a light bulb company that cares out there and has a 24/7 customer care line with the sole purpose of answering any questions about CFLs, cold cathodes and LED lighting. I found this cool new company at http://www.bulbme.com check it out!

Reply

Jan 10, 2007 @ 8:53 pm | delete

so... how many does it take? Just one with a broken computer? :)

Reply

Garth Jan 4, 2007 @ 4:00 pm | delete

How Many Happy Meals Does It Take To Eat A CF Lightbulb?

Present value (something us finance folks do) of $66 in lightbulb savings is $3 dollars. So CF bulb worth $3 to me in savings today. For $3 I'd get more pleasure buying my kid's a Happy Meal than a CF bulb. CF needs to be more remarkable?

Reply

Lucy Jan 3, 2007 @ 4:27 pm | delete

What a neat initiative! I would like to show you an article on an even more energy saving new lightbulb, a LED bulb, invented by the great grandsons of Anton Philips. It lasts for 50,000 hours and is more friendly to the environment than the CF bulbs: http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4399

Show All

Share this Guestbook
- Stumbleupon
- Facebook
- MySpace
- Twitter
- Digg
- Delicious
- RSS
- Email

17 Like

by sethgodin

Seth Godin is the bestselling author of 13 books. He writes about marketing, the spread of ideas and managing both customers and employees with respec... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

How many bloggers does it take to change a light bulb?

Only 6% of American Households have tried one

Contents at a Glance

One click shopping for CF bulbs

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs at Amazon

Pick the best deal and buy a few

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Please pick your widget size and display. Then click "Make the Widget" to get the code that's just right for you.

Voila! Just copy and paste this code into your own site. Have fun!

Oopsey! Please login to Squidoo in order to add this module to your lens.

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs on eBay

Did you blog about this?

Tell us and link back

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61