Reply #24: I'm vision impaired [View All]

[Coyote_Bandit]

The CFLs are awful. They emit a blue light spectrum which make it more difficult for me to see than an incandescent light with comparable lumens and a yellow light spectrum.

I'm long-term unemployed so paying $20or so for a single LED light - and that is what they are retailing for here at the big box stores - is out of the question.

I live in a small old house and will likely have to replace a number of fixtures when I can no longer get incandescent bulbs for them. Neither the CFL's or LED's that are currently available fit the fixtures.

My old home has the laundry and hot water tank in the garage. While it is insulated, the garage is not heated. Last winter when the temperature dropped to 20 below I was able to leave a couple of incandescent bulbs on in the garage overnight and use the heat generated by the bulbs to hold the temperature in the upper 30's. That's a whole hell of a lot safer than running an unattended space heater for hours.

Yeah, I'm stockpiling lightbulbs. For some of us the issues and practical concerns go far beyond environmental protection.