I also favor the light temperature of the daylight or sunlight CF lamps,
which are typically over 6000K. My eyes adapt to the light very well,
although I rarely use direct lighting.. most of my CFLs are pointed upward
for bounce lighting.

The majority of incandescents give off a red light, and I've read that up to
90% of the output from incancescent lights is in the infrared region. For
folks that experience cold weather for half of the year, the infrared adds
to their comfort.
This is easily seen when using film photography as the color levels aren't
natural, but shifted so far that a blue filter is needed to achieve natural
colors.

Only the very early versions of CFLs I purchased were slow to reach full
output.. maybe I've just been lucky, but the ones I use every day come on
quickly.

I strongly suspect that widespread use of LED lighting will have a much more
severe impact on the environment that using incandescents.
The environutz are easily mislead.

I believe that the manufacture of LED lighting will use more energy and
create more pollutants than glass lamps ever did. The plastics and various
compounds used for component manufacturing will result in more irreversible
air and water contamination.
The extra slap in the face comes with the excessive plastic packaging the
CFLs are usually sold in.. when old glass lamps were generally packaged in
easily recycled paper products (even as litter, the paper breaks down to
something useful).
In addition to increased energy usage, the waste issue of CFLs and LED
lights presents more pollutants than a simple glass lamp ever did.

The LED lamps aren't going to last for an average of 10 years, not when
they'll be manufactured in China/India/etc by the lowest bidder, and using
lead-free solder and the cheapest components available.
The marketing hype and lip service are BS, as they generally always are.

The data is generally never presented in real-world terms, and there won't
be any significant data presented, such as the conversion of Las Vegas to
LED lighting.

The LED lamps that I've seen at stores won't fit in most common existing
lighting fixtures, and have a price of $30-40US. This will be a huge
unnecessary expense to an average homeowner due to a ban on incandescents.

--
Cheers,
WB
..............


"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
...

Having got used to the higher colour temperatures of CFLs, I find that I
prefer them.

Incandescents weren't given a lower colour temperature because people
preferred them, it was just the way they came out. If the first practical
domestic electric lights had been of daylight colour temperature, I
imagine that's what everyone would always have wanted, and people would
have given short shrift to this yellow rubbish.

However, I note that the led emitter strips are available in higher colour
temperatures.

Sylvia.