I tried various CFL options and they all look like crap. There is no way a “60 watt equivalent” CFL puts out the same light that an incandescent bulb does. Plus, for can lights mounted in the ceiling you don’t have many options for CFL. Then there is that whole issue about the government telling me what light bulbs I can and cannot buy… what’s next, single ply toilet paper?
Light bulb moment in California: Should it ban the common bulb?:
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine says compact fluorescent light bulbs, which often have a spiral shape and are being promoted by Wal-Mart, are so efficient that consumers should be forced to use them. The compact bulbs use a quarter the energy of a conventional light.
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