On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:17:50 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:



That's the whole thrust behind CFLs - the reason DGD brought the canard into
the discussion.

Canard...now you're bringing up aeronautics...? Sheesh.

I thought that was a DUCK

So fluorescent bulbs were a result of people trying to deal with
global warming? Most curious reworking of history, Sparky. It's an
energy thing. All the rest is sales.

Fluorescents were introduced back in the Trylon & Perisphere day when
global warming wasn't a catchphrase. As an aside, if I may reminisce
off-the-rails, a professor of building technology told the class that
high rise buildings wouldn't exist without fluorescent lights as they
wouldn't be able to cool the buildings if they were lit with
incandescents. A generalization, I'm sure, but it makes the point.

R