7 Temmuz 2009 Salı

What is the problem with banning incandescent bulbs?

They keep getting better and better, so any ban may not really help the environment in the end.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/business/energy-environment/06bulbs.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1246978812-R4qjP9aSF5XZ1NbywEFkUg

Not to mention that many environmentalists and doctors are concerned with the amount of mercury in every CFL bulb.

To be clear: I am not against CFL bulbs. We have many of them in our house. I am against limiting consumer choice when companies have the ability to fix the problems that made a product problematic in the first place.

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  1. Sean7 Temmuz 2009 08:14

    There is also some concern about CFL's taking more power at the power station than incandescent bulbs. I'm not entirely sure what the argument is here, but I do remember an article coming out about 6 months ago saying that CFLs having more of a draw at the power station than the others.

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  2. Nomad7 Temmuz 2009 08:19

    I think this is the article that you were talking about:

    http://www.edn.com/blog/1470000147/post/450043045.html

    It appears that the "Power Factor" is not worse for the generators than (old) incandescent, but it makes the CFLs much less efficient than they could be.

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  3. BH7 Temmuz 2009 14:00

    Less government please with a side order common sense.

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