Posted on 07/17/2013 11:32:24 PM PDT by TexGrill
Production and import of incandescent lamps will be banned starting next year in order to help reduce waste of energy as the country is suffering power shortages every summer and winter.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Tuesday that the government will prohibit production and import of all incandescent lamps according to its energy plan devised in 2008.
Last year, the government banned using 70- to 150-watt incandescent lamps. From next year, those over 25 watts and 70 watts or less will also be prohibited.
Incandescent lamps are known as inefficient power guzzlers that release 95 percent of power back into the air.
Korea first introduced the lamps in 1887 to illuminate Gyeongbok Palace.
According to the Energy Ministry, if all incandescent lamps were replaced, about 1,800 GWh of electricity would be saved each year, equivalent to the total power consumption of 650,000 households.
Alternatives to the lamps will be LED lamps that help cut about 80 percent of lighting expenses.
(Excerpt) Read more at koreajoongangdaily.joins.com ...
And yet another SK story. Gee, thanks.
Okey Dokey....Bang Ki Moon....
I go to bed tonight knowing that I am well versed in what is happening in SK, will make me sleep better.
Awesome flood. Practically spam. Gee, thanks.
Yep, he has made his mark. Not to be forgotten, ignored, but not forgotten.
Already in rare earths, thanks.
Aha! I can see crafty smugglers braving the Sea of Japan to deliver contraband light-bulbs to the South Koreans.
Uh... I can see suicidal smugglers getting their stupid arses shot off by the trigger happy and notoriously ill-humored South Korean Navy, so maybe I better rethink this get-rich-quick scheme.
Hmmm.....
Be happy there is no East or West Korea.
You post, yet you don’t comment ... why?
Tru dat
So we’ve successfully exported liberal wackoism.
Meanwhile...in the SK president’s office, it stays a comfortable 70° year-round.
That is, they warm the air during the winter, when you need both light and heat the most.
I am so sick of greenies and their half-truths.
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