Agree! and Light bulbs don't burn coal or release CO2. Power plants might. If there's a problem - deal with the problem, rather than a token ban on simple safe light bulbs, light bulbs that people obviously like to use (or there would not be a "need" to ban them !) The supposed savings are doubtful too, as referenced on the below website...
RE ode to light bulb
"And so it came to pass, in the autumn of 1879, after tireless effort working with different materials, Thomas Edison finally arrived at the ingenious invention we still see today, the Edison light bulb, in its basic form, without any energy efficiency constraints, the world's single most popular electrical appliance and the oldest electrical invention in widespread common use: A beautifully simple, safe, cheap, bright light delivering construction.
Maybe the time will come when, like its cousin the gleaming radio tube, it gradually fades away, the passing of old technology.
But let it be a democratic passing by the will of the people, not a passing by committee dictats and decrees.
How many politicians should it take to change a light bulb? None.
How many citizens should be allowed to choose? Everyone."
(ending of Ceolas.net, covering why the ban on simple incandescents - and much else -is wrong, including in the energy/emission arguments )
Agree!
ReplyDeleteand Light bulbs don't burn coal or release CO2.
Power plants might.
If there's a problem - deal with the problem,
rather than a token ban on simple safe light bulbs,
light bulbs that people obviously like to use
(or there would not be a "need" to ban them !)
The supposed savings are doubtful too,
as referenced on the below website...
RE ode to light bulb
"And so it came to pass, in the autumn of 1879, after tireless effort
working with different materials, Thomas Edison finally arrived at the
ingenious invention we still see today, the Edison light bulb, in its
basic form, without any energy efficiency constraints, the world's
single most popular electrical appliance and the oldest electrical
invention in widespread common use:
A beautifully simple, safe, cheap, bright light delivering construction.
Maybe the time will come when, like its cousin the gleaming radio
tube, it gradually fades away, the passing of old technology.
But let it be a democratic passing by the will of the people,
not a passing by committee dictats and decrees.
How many politicians should it take to change a light bulb?
None.
How many citizens should be allowed to choose?
Everyone."
(ending of Ceolas.net, covering why the ban on simple incandescents - and much else -is wrong, including in the energy/emission arguments )