tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post1674830761733322142..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-84097014825437736812011-03-27T01:13:58.062+13:002011-03-27T01:13:58.062+13:00RE light bulb ban "not being a ban"..
...RE light bulb ban "not being a ban"..<br /><br /><br />Setting allowable standards on products is the same as banning any<br />product that does not meet those standards.<br /><br />There is No Free Lunch:<br />Replacement (mains voltage) type Halogens are indeed a more energy efficient type of incandescent light, but they are nothing new: They have been available for some time, and consumers hardly buy them.<br /><br />Why?<br />Because, not only do they still have some differences with ordinary simple incandescents, in construction, appearance and in the whiter light given out, but they also cost much more - the small energy/lifespan savings don't justify the much higher price, typically 5-8 times the price of a regular bulb.<br /><br />But governments don't actually like Halogens either - any purchase increases makes a ban (even) more irrelevant in the stated aim to save energy <br />March 23 2011 announcement from the U.S. Energy Information Administration:<br />"As the standards start to take effect in 2012, the Annual Energy Outlook 2011 projects that CFLs and LEDs gain significant market share"<br />= No great Halogen uptake envisaged, then...<br /><br />"The second tier of efficiency improvements becomes effective in 2020, essentially requiring general service bulbs to be as efficient as today's CFLs" <br />As in the EU, no future in America for current incandescents then, Halogen or not.<br /><br />LEDs are not yet ready as general replacement bright omnidirectional lighting at a good price – which leaves CFLs.<br /><br />For manufacturers,<br />it's all about making what is most profitable arising from the regulations - not what a government hopes they will consider making:<br />and since the cheap (and unprofitable) competition from regular bulbs has been wiped out, the door is opened for the "significant market share" of profitable CFLs - and indeed expensive replacement Halogens, while they are allowed - that people would not otherwise buy.<br /><br />How manufacturers and vested interests have pushed for the ban on regular light bulbs,<br />and lobbied for CFL favors: <a href="http://ceolas.net/#li1ax" rel="nofollow">ceolas.net/#li1ax</a><br />with documentation and copies of official communicationsLighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.com