New "low energy" bulbs ARE a con

[FarmerPalmer]

Next they'll be tessling us that Solar Panels aren't efficient in the UK:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8386460.stm

"Cloudy northern countries like the UK could wait further, possibly up to 2030. But the day would come when solar panels on homes would be cost-competitive without a subsidy, even in Britain."

Well at the least the governemnt is listening, this week offering a tax rebate for installation of solar panels

http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...s-1836032.html

[RichardCranium]

It is in the BBC news too.

[SantaClaus]

Dont get me started on those "environmental" bulbs.
The 100 watt equivalents are so dim (more like 60 watts), I'm going to start hoarding traditional lightbulbs.

And when the bulb blows, it leaks mercury vapour.
I would advise anyone to open windows in the house when that happens.

[xoggoth]

Yeh but the old bulbs didn't glow for 5 minutes after you turn them off.

[MPwannadecentincome]

you don't have to stop missing the "traditional" bulbs, there are Halogen type bulbs now that are dimmable too, use approx 30% less 'leccy.

[minestrone]

I do not know why we should be placing ourselves on the wheel for this.

Siagon, Bangkok and Peking you can hardly catch a breath for the polution.

When they sort their act out...

[d000hg]

"Don't fix it now, wait until it's really bad!"

Would make a good slogan I admit.

[Fred Bloggs]

you don't have to stop missing the "traditional" bulbs, there are Halogen type bulbs now that are dimmable too, use approx 30% less 'leccy.

Yeah, I have a few of them. One blew after 5 days use about 3 hours a day last week. It's working out damned expensive this malarkey.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Yeah, I have a few of them. One blew after 5 days use about 3 hours a day last week. It's working out damned expensive this malarkey.

If you've got the receipt take it back to the shop.

[Stan.goodvibes]

I'm always a bit confused about this topic. It's not like there is a shortage of energy hitting the planet or available from wind or tides etc etc or even pulling apart a few atoms.

What seems to be missing is the willpower to harness it.

Which is strange really, because if I want to use lots of electricity and am prepared to pay for it, you'd think that someone would tap that market and produce the electricity somehow.

So what's the real reason that govts are always trying to make us save power? *

*conspiracy theorists, this is your moment to jump into the thread...