[Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot

[Randall]

> Here is a good treatise on fluorescent light efficiency:
> 
> http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/electricity/fluorescent/
> efficiency.html
> 
> It seems to be written for people who have to buy and 
> maintain commercial lighting.

But it still ignores the subject of ballast efficiency for conventional
fluorescents; while implicitly including it for CFLs.  

Probably you (and they) are correct, the straight tubes are more efficient.
But it bugs me when people make claims like that, without comparing apples
to apples.  

Strikes me a lot like boasting how 'green' a hydrogen or electric-powered
vehicle is, while ignoring how much CO2 was produced creating it's fuel.  To
make a real comparison, you have to compare the entire system.

Randall