Lights to go out on inefficient bulbs by 2012
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Are halogen lights going to be affected by this as well?
Are compact fluorescents dimmable? How do they perform outdoors in the cold?
Are compact fluorescents dimmable? How do they perform outdoors in the cold?
The compact floresants work good outside. This changeover has already been carried out in Cuba and is well underway in Chavesicstan.
I'm wondering because regular fluorescents don't work well in the cold. I'm not sure that Cuba has too many -25 days.
The compacts work pretty good in the cold, much better than regular tubes. There are dimmable compacts but I've never tried one. I have changed most of my house over to compacts. I do have halogen under cabinet lights and some pot lights as well. I hope the don't pull these too or I'm into some $$$ for fixtures.
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Ineffective they weren't ineffective ,the reason is because the Primer Minsters Third cousin once removed , owns the other new bulb company and cousin"Step" said if he ever got to be the big Head cheese he'd let cousin Freedy monopolize the light bulb world
I Heard this through a Friend of a Friends of theirs
I Heard this through a Friend of a Friends of theirs
One would think that their will be future designs that would fit other types of fixtures. Also when this becomes law and there is more of a market the over-all product should get better. Recently bought some that are far better light that the previous ones so is happening already.
They cannot completely ban all incandescents, the technology doesn't exist to replace all types of incadescents with flourescent. Although great advances in LED lights have become more economical lately.
Someone mentioned seizures. People are used to associating flourescent light with a "cool white" color. Flourescent *flicker free* bulbs in a wide variety of colors (temperature) hav been available for years.
If you change 80% of your bulbs into energy saving bulbs, you will be surprised as to how much your electric bill will go down.
Instead of banning incandescents, the government should provide incentives to switchover.
Someone mentioned seizures. People are used to associating flourescent light with a "cool white" color. Flourescent *flicker free* bulbs in a wide variety of colors (temperature) hav been available for years.
If you change 80% of your bulbs into energy saving bulbs, you will be surprised as to how much your electric bill will go down.
Instead of banning incandescents, the government should provide incentives to switchover.
Well, I supose they could tax incandescents. It would be better then an outright bann. Why not tax them at 300%?
That seems to be the direction some want to go in. BTW Al Gore is in Calgary. Does anywone know where so I can go protest against him?