From today's EEI newsletter:
European Manufacturers to Stop Sale of Incandescent Bulbs
Theo van Deursen, CEO of the lighting unit at Royal Philips Electronics, said Europe's light bulb manufacturers are near an agreement on ending the sale of incandescent bulbs to consumers, the Associated Press reported.
Van Deursen said the announcement could be made by the end of the week. He added that manufacturers "believe there are better technologies going forward" for lighting solutions, including the eventual market dominance of LEDs. Van Deursen also criticized GE's plan to roll out a new generation of incandescent bulbs by 2010 as insufficient.
Van Deursen said: "I don't think we should wait until 2010, because there are alternatives available now."
Associated Press via Dow Jones Newswires , Feb. 26.
This is a good idea because: Standard light bulbs waste 90 per cent of their electricity on heat. New compact fluorescent "spiral" bulbs are 75 per cent more efficient and fit in standard sockets. Check for the brightest light (measured in "lumens") with the lowest energy consumption (measured in "watts").
Hello? American manufacturers?
6 comments:
a lot of the bulbs sold in the us are manufactured o'seas...
i see phillips bulbs at lowe's all the time...
i do think it's a really good idea to simply stop using incandesant bulbs, too...
i keep one burning in hannah's kennel for warmth...i could easily replace the rest...
and have done, with many...i'm doing an attrition strategy...whenever an incandesant bulb goes, i replace it with fluorescent...
WGG,
That's how I'm doing it, as well. Each time an old-style bulb burns out, I'm replacing it with one of the new ones.
Personally we use the curly bulbs as much as possibly, but I can understand that due to their wide curly nature many Republican asshole-fu$kers would prefer traditional rounded incandescent bulbs.
Until we completely run short of electrical energy I suppose it's still a free country, and who am I to criticize the private recreational practices of others?!
Every bulb in my house that's not on a dimmer is a fluorescent.
Problem is, I've got lots of lights that are on dimmers. Is anyone close to a breakthrough on making dimmable fluorescent bulbs?
Unfortunately, some of us have health problems that are compounded by fluorescent lighting. I am stocking up on incandescent bulbs now so I have them when they finally get pulled from our shelves in the US.
Arachne
we just converted to flourescent and are very happy with them
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