GE Turns Out the Lights in Winchester, Virginia

[Panopticon]

The last major General Electric factory producing regular, incandescent light bulbs in the United States closed today.

Two Hundred GE employees of the Winchester, VA plant are now jobless. GE decided it would not invest to convert the plant to make CFLs as
wages @ the VA factory would raise the price of GE CFL's to a level Americans would not pay. Cheaper to make in China and less regulatory interference.
The majority of CFLs sold in the U.S. are made in China.

Sad day in The Valley, Good Luck to y'all in Winchester.

[Don Kiyoti]

I'd pay more for American-made CFLs.

[vicrock]

Time to stock up on my 3 way "reader" light bulbs. I REALLY have tried CFL's in the lamp next to my chair - with absolutely no satisfaction. None of them produce sufficient light to read comfortably.

Of course, this is really the only light in the house that is on for a significant amount of time each day, so I don't feel terribly guilty.

[mikebw]

vicrock wrote:
Time to stock up on my 3 way "reader" light bulbs. I REALLY have tried CFL's in the lamp next to my chair - with absolutely no satisfaction. None of them produce sufficient light to read comfortably.

Of course, this is really the only light in the house that is on for a significant amount of time each day, so I don't feel terribly guilty.

And if you use it in the winter you are actually not wasting any energy as it will help heat your home.

[lazydays]

We have night lights in the girls bedrooms, those bulbs are pretty small, what will we do for those? The lights in two of my ceiling fans use very small bulbs also, I wonder what I will do for them. I find this trend very disturbing. Yes they save power but the new bulbs pollute far more and can't be used for all applications.

[Grateful11]

vicrock wrote:
Time to stock up on my 3 way "reader" light bulbs. I REALLY have tried CFL's in the lamp next to my chair - with absolutely no satisfaction. None of them produce sufficient light to read comfortably.

Of course, this is really the only light in the house that is on for a significant amount of time each day, so I don't feel terribly guilty.

Have you tried any 3-way CFL's, I find quite pleasing to read by. Sufficient or the right type of light to read by?

BTW: My electrician just finished putting in about 12 recessed light in our new kitchen and dining room
today all of which have dimmable 65W floods in them. Wasn't crazy about using incandescents but that
what he said he puts for dimmable lights.

[ADent]

They should convert the plant to make LED bulbs. CFLs suck.

[Mac1337]

Ideology trumps common sense once again. What people want is immaterial. They shall use what is good for them. They will learn to like them. I wonder how many of the 200 people really know who stabbed them in the back.

[RgrF]

GE, not the people of West Virginia, decided to move the jobs to China.

[Panopticon]

GE, not the people of West Virginia, decided to move the jobs to China.

fixed that for 'ya :biggrin: