Love those 100-watt light bulbs

by James K. Sayre

Having been brought up in a very utilitarian and very thrifty family in the 1940s and 1950s under the bright-white flickering glow of long fluorescent light tubes, I have little enthusiasm for the expensive new compact fluorescent light bulbs, be they energy-saving, hip or whatever.

I enjoy using the traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulbs to light (and heat) parts of my house. I do not use any natural gas or electrical heat unless the temperature drops below 60 F. Thus, I often wear two heavy wool sweaters much of the year. In the winter these light bulbs provide a nice localized source of heat to warm up my cold fingers in the morning. Being big and tall and old with a pronounced disinterest in closely watching what I am doing, I manage to bump into a lamp every month or two and sometimes find that I have broken the bulb. The replacement cost of a 100-watt bulb runs about fifty cents, while those new compact fluorescent bulbs would cost about ten times as much to replace.

If people are truly serious about "saving energy" and "saving the environment," then they should consider not reproducing at all. If couples limited themselves to having only one child, than would be a great boon for the natural world. It has been estimated that in a century, human population would decrease by about 75% if all couples followed the "one's enough" idea. This would greatly lower the destruction human impact on the natural environment. Perhaps you might be interested in reading Alan Weisman's new book, "The World Without Us." That "us" would be us human beings...

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