Hoarding lightbulbs?
February 10, 2011
People. You’re hoarding all my incandescent lightbulbs. When the ban on 100 watt took effect, I’m delighted there was some media stir. I’m delighted that people ran to buy bulbs. I’m delighted people paid attention and even those without health issues realized they hated the cfl lighting. I’m not so glad that you are all hoarding the bulbs.
I give out an incandescent bulb to participants in my creativity courses as an exercise to turn it into some sort of ‘aha’ creation. Before the ban, they didn’t appreciate that I was giving away my lighting. Now they want more and want to hoard them! thank goodness for awareness. And thank goodness they also decided to use their own hoarded bulbs and leave me mine when they knew my severe reaction to Cfl and other fluorescents.
Anyone with spare incandescents? I’ll take ‘em.
I plan to order the 100 watt bulbs before the ban takes effect in January 2012. The new LED bulbs that are scheduled to replace them will cost in the forty to fifty dollar range. I keep getting this vision of myself sitting in the dark that January staring at an empty plate because I can’t afford the cost of gas to go to the store, and even if I could, the food there would be too expensive.
It is sad that so few are seeing the real issues here, health and environment wise. Canadian government invested so much in promoting cfls, merelly looking for votes from the environmentalist.. and they aren’t going to admit their mistake.
Now.. how to make a difference…. still thinking, still talking, few listening….
Candles are nice, I suppose.