An Inconvenient Truth (moral, mystic, tradition, America, mission)

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by SPQR

The movie is a good eye-opener for the more ignorant people in America, but it also has some strange side-effects. Here in California a legislator is trying to ban the incandescent lightbulb because it "contributes to greenhouse gasses". I like the warm yellow light emitted by an incandescent bulb; they have no right to ban these things.

You can get "warm yellow" from a flouescent bulb.

"Lamp color is determined by the selection of chemicals used in the phosphors; various chemicals respond to the ultraviolet energy in the arc by producing different colors of light. Several types of essentially white fluorescent lamps are available commercially, as well as a range of tinted and saturated colors."
http://www.answers.com/topic/fluorescent-lamp

[SPQR]

Blast, now I have no more reasons to keep these old relics. Damn you Willamena!

[des]

I really love this film. It is NOT, imo, propaganda, esp in the usual sense. From what I have read the science is sound. There are several concerns that scientists I have read have stated. The newest report out says overwhelmingly that most scientists believe that global warming IS caused by human activity.

Thanks for info on "warm" compact florescents. I'll be on the look out. I have been replacing incandescent bulbs with the compact florescents as they have gone out, but I have hestitated doing that in places where I cared about the color of the light.



--des