Funk Babblings

*idly wandering past*

I think that in the places where they talk about the legislature, there is more variety in the supply. I'm in California, and we have gone 100% fluorescent. The first change we made was from a halogen torchiere to a fluorescent one about 5 years ago. The first month's electric bill dropped by $25 so I got on the bandwagon. At first, we had a really hard time finding bulbs we liked- the daylight ones are too blue the "soft white" too yellow for my tastes and Home Depot did only carry one type and not even always in both those colors. We had to order online to get the ones we wanted. But the last batch we bought, after moving 2 years ago, we bought at Costco, and the color is perfect. We even replaced the bulbs in the chandelier finally, after finding them at Walmart. We'd put it off until then, since they were over $9 a piece and we needed 5 of them, but Walmart had them for something like $3. The only bulbs I'm not terribly happy with are the "flood" type ones we got for the overhead lights in the bathrooms. I was happy to have the option (Costco again) since those suckers were eating up power, but they are the only ones that still take awhile to warm up, so at first it's pretty dim in there.

We're in an apartment too, but that doesn't stop us. Not when we pay for electricity and there are 8 bulbs just above the mirror in the Master Bath! I don't do it for the environment- especially when there's legitimate arguments about them not really being better, when you consider the chemicals from them leaking into the groundwater while sitting in landfills- it's all about saving money.