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ChairMan

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:32:32 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:

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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:57:16 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:

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"Jon Danniken" wrote in
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I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to
provide heat in a small space.

Jon

When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in
the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat
for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing
lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which
ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from
turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters.
The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as
opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a
hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When
we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for
power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call.

but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not
gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are
getting ridiculous.

Up here, in the summer time we don't use lights much, and in the
winter we need the heat anyway - so what's wrong with incandescent
lighting? If I'm sitting reading in the evening and the lamp is
giving both heat and light I can be comfortable with the thermostat
at a lower setting as the lamp produces radiant heating - warming
me in it's beam without having to heat the whole house.

Yup, thats what's nice about "choice"

Heretic!

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