tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post5514040986523971644..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Lightbulb Menace - The War Goes OnLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-37933868192207666602009-05-12T08:38:00.000+00:002009-05-12T08:38:00.000+00:00Frosted bulbs do not give less light than clear bu...Frosted bulbs do not give less light than clear bulbs. The only reason they are banned is to force people to buy CLFs instead. <br /><br />Note that frosted retrofit energy saving halogen bulbs will also be banned to in September, even though they save up to 30% without having the many quality problems that CFLs have. <br /><br />Does this seem like a rational and objective decision or one pushed through by vested interests?Halogenicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15930263920327483406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-44755764848391610072009-05-10T20:15:00.000+00:002009-05-10T20:15:00.000+00:00"From September 1 it will be illegal for manufactu..."From September 1 it will be illegal for manufacturers to sell frosted incandescent bulbs to EU retailers."<br /><br />Stan: "When that happens I hope we can get rid of all these stupid regulations which serve no purpose."<br /><br />Note in the first quote this is an EU directive, EU directives are ratchet like, they are never rolled back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-62551885909430128442009-05-10T09:50:00.000+00:002009-05-10T09:50:00.000+00:00Eventually the truth of "man-made climate change" ...Eventually the truth of "man-made climate change" will be revealed - simply because it will become self-evident that it doesn't exist (and probably quite soon too). When that happens I hope we can get rid of all these stupid regulations which serve no purpose.<br /><br />I also hope that we will be more considerate towards those who perpetrated this myth than they have been towards us.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.com