i suggested freezing/capping prices because what company would be willing to put up a mandatory recycling program without raising their prices in retaliation? and as far as the generic chinese lights go...pleh. i bought a 4 pack and they were on par with the nasty grey-blue spotlights the village uses on the street corners. wrapped them back up and traded up for some decent 4$ bulbs the next day.
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:17:39 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury > > Yes... good point. The domestic CFL's are still $7 each... and it's > the chinese ones that are $1.50 each. Hmmmm..... will china own > the world soon... certainly looking that way. > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Chip Mefford wrote: >> >> Zeke Yewdall wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Jason Mier wrote: >>>> if the gov't is going to mandate a full switch to flourescent, they need >>>> to freeze prices for two years, >>> >>> Why freeze prices? In my experience, CFL's have been getting cheaper >>> and cheaper every year, so why would we want to lock in higher prices? >> >> Interesting pint Zeke; >> >> What I've noticed over the last decade, is >> that domestically produced cfls have been >> replaced with chinese produced cfls, and >> all that entails. >> >> again, the exception would be the ones >> I have bought from Ikea, as they make >> a small (30w comparable output) with a standard >> base, and that one is produced in europe. But >> those are expensive relative to the 'big box' >> store cfls, which, if you buy smart, you can >> get for less than $2 a piece. >> >> The larger 100w comparable ones I've seen >> that are domestically produced are still >> quite expensive at retail. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
