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Story of idiots: Incandescent lamps bans
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    The cry to ban the humble incandescent lamp (also known as GS - general service or GLS - General Lighting Service) may not seem like such a bad idea at first glance, but there are a number of issues that have not been addressed (or even thought about, based on what has been heard so far). Incandescent lamps are inefficient, typically over 95% of all energy consumed is converted into heat - not light. By comparison, the CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) has a dramatically higher efficiency, although it falls well short of a full sized (18W or 36W) standard fluorescent tube.

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  • dtrdtr

    Yep, our dear bureaucrats in the EU commission went head first into this one. Ban the good ol' inefficient but simple bulbs for highly toxic, complicated CFLs. I predict a shameful outcome when the effective pro/con balance is made in a couple of years.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    I predict a shameful outcome when the effective pro/con balance is made in a couple of years.

    Something tells me that they do not care about outcome.

    They care about interests. Same was with asbestos and Freon.

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