New "low energy" bulbs ARE a con

[Diver]

Handy Hint:

Do not use energy savers or fluorescents as a light source if you do any wood or metal turning (Lathe work), the minute strobe effect makes the workpiece in the lathe appear to be stationary, not spinning fast enough to take your arm off.

This was a warning given out in a hobby magazine.

[darmstadt]

Britain jumped the gun on this one. The government implemented the new EU regulations early, so we all have to buy these crappy low energy bulbs instead of waiting until LED lights become cheap enough. Which is what the rest of the EU will do. The UK may even end up using more energy as a result of this, not to mention all the mercury which we will dump in landfill.

Nah, Germany did too. We've been using these energy savers for years and I don't like them either. There was a report on German TV showing how crap they are but Germans being 'eco' conscious, no-one really bothered.