Are they flourescent lights? If so, for about an hour it's a wash, because regular flourescents use most of their energy in starting up. With regular lights, we're talking about a few cents a light, at most. If she's worried about energy efficiency, tell her to turn down the thermostat.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:16:56 am PST #7337 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 5:18:34 am PST #7338 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
regular flourescents use most of their energy in starting up.
I've heard that's less true these days. It used to be they'd use about an hours worth of juice to start; I think now it's a minute or less....
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:21:13 am PST #7339 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is a lot less that it used to be, but it's kind of a tossup over an hour, because it will use an additional spike of energy to turn back on. In the old days, it actually used less energy to leave them on all the time, but that's not true anymore.
Jars - Dec 14, 2007 5:21:47 am PST #7340 of 10001
Oou government has just banned incandescent lights. CFLs or nothing for us from now on, which is nice.
shrift - Dec 14, 2007 5:27:52 am PST #7341 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I didn't realize until last night that my kneecap is all one swollen bruise. Oops. No wonder it still hurts!
You know, I have never been able to see flickering refresh rates.
Oh, god. I have to change my screen resolution to run a macro, and even in the few seconds it takes me to up the refresh rate, I get all pukey and cross-eyed.
Annual review in an hour. t sigh
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:27:54 am PST #7342 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hope we get there too, Jars. It makes a huge difference.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2007 5:29:24 am PST #7343 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have track lighting that I can't simply change to CFL, and other than that one more light to switch over. My apartment's all blue. It's weird.
Hil R. - Dec 14, 2007 5:30:01 am PST #7344 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I tried fleur de sel caramel at Trader Joe's a few days ago. Really good.
I've got an endocrinologist appointment today. Last time, he essentially told me that it doesn't matter how crappy I feel, my TSH levels aren't high enough to require treatment. This time, I am armed with a few old tests (showing that my TSH has risen significantly in the past year, so no, this level is not "normal" for me -- it's not even with the stated "normal" range, either, it's just not far enough above "normal" for him to think it requires treatment.)
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:32:08 am PST #7345 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You can get CFLs in warmer colors. Mine are all CFLs except a few converted oil lamps, which are not friendly to CFL shapes. They're hardly ever on, though.
amych - Dec 14, 2007 5:32:45 am PST #7346 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeesh, Hil -- nothing quite like being told "I don't care if you feel shitty" by your doctor, of all people. (Even if it's not how he meant it.)