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Australia to ban old-style light bulbs
Associated Press ^
| 02/20/07
| ROHAN SULLIVAN
Posted on 02/20/2007 9:38:04 AM PST by presidio9
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:38:06 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Didn't algore visit Australia recently ?
To: presidio9
Laughable, like the Gore toilet you will have to buy twice as many bulbs or stronger ones to get the same amount of light. Envirowackos at work.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:40:08 AM PST
by
Patrick1
To: presidio9
Nothing wrong with the more efficient light bulbs. Especially if it would reduce household power usage. Tho, considering you now have to have a 1kW power supply to run your new gaming PC, it pretty much evens out.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:40:39 AM PST
by
farlander
(Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
It amazes me that John Howard would be on board with this, but maybe he senses that eventually SOME concession is going to need to be made to the nutballs. Australia is more reliant on coal than we are.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:41:39 AM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: presidio9
When is someone going to mention that fluorescents contain that eeeeeeeevil MERCURY?
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:42:05 AM PST
by
null and void
(Let's play 6° of global warming...)
To: presidio9
Forget fluorescent, LEDs are the future.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:42:25 AM PST
by
stevio
(Rudy? Don't make me puke.(NRA))
To: Patrick1
Not really. Advances in LEDs and fluorescents can produce matching lumens and similar spectra -- so you get the 'warmth' of incandescents.
Technological advancements in this arena are a good thing.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:43:23 AM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Patrick1; farlander
Plus florescents are incapable of producing soft diffused light. Goodbye romance.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:43:54 AM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: presidio9
California is considering the same thing. Wouldn't it be more expedient to try to jump directly from incandescent lightbulbs to LEDs (at least legally) rather than going for the fluorescent lightbulb middle step? Are LEDs still too expensive to be a viable option?
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:44:29 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: stevio
Yep, a lot of my neighbours saved a small fortune by replacing their Christmas lights with LEDs.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:44:42 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: presidio9
I was reading somewhere that Global Warming is big on Aussies' minds. They may have a conservative govt at the moment, but for Howard to ignore this, however ridiculous, would be a bad political mistake.
To: Patrick1
Actually no, the fluorescent lightbulbs are at least as bright as incandescent. They are also more expensive, however--but last longer, too.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:46:28 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: presidio9
Those fluorescent bulbs don't work in refrigerators, stoves or brooding and heat lamps.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:46:56 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Patrick1
The real issue is my dimmer switch controlled lights and 3-way lights. The new lights don't work, they have only one output level. Think of all the dimmer switch and three-way light factory employees that will be unemployed.
On a serious note, has anyone examined the eviro impact of the disposal of these lights when they become the norm?
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:47:21 AM PST
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: presidio9
How about the millions of appliances that require incandescent light bulbs to operate?
I can't see a fluorescent light bulb inside an oven.
To: presidio9
Cuba's Fidel Castro launched a similar program two years ago, sending youth brigades into homes and switching out regular bulbs for energy-saving ones to help battle electrical blackouts around the island "Vayamos, los niños, and if you happen to find anything else en la casa, be sure to let Uncle Fidel know..."
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:49:32 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Stopping Global Warming, one light bulb at a time...)
To: presidio9
Much of the energy, however, is wasted in the form of heat. Ah, assumptions by the 'smart' people about what the rest of us need. That heat, along with the heat from my oven and dishwasher, allow me to get by withOUT turning my heat on for most of this last winter. I dress warmly, and use a good comforter, and my apartment's electric bills were ALL under $40 each month this winter.
To: MPJackal
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
I was reading somewhere that Global Warming is big on Aussies' minds. Makes zero sense. Australia has one of the lowest population densities on the planet. I've heard that they blame global warming for recent droughts.
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posted on
02/20/2007 9:53:09 AM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
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