Comments on: Start Hording Lightbulbs – Big Profits Ahead http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/2009/06/start-hording-lightbulbs-big-profits-ahead/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ceolas http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/2009/06/start-hording-lightbulbs-big-profits-ahead/#comment-50 ceolas Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:31:55 +0000 http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/?p=122#comment-50 Yes Bob, and it's even stricter EPA instructions now, what to do if an "energy saving" light breaks, after the Maine state testing proved fears to be more than well-founded ( http://www.ceolas.net/#li19x ) Yes Bob,
and it’s even stricter EPA instructions now,
what to do if an “energy saving” light breaks,
after the Maine state testing proved fears to be more than well-founded
( http://www.ceolas.net/#li19x )

]]> By: Bob http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/2009/06/start-hording-lightbulbs-big-profits-ahead/#comment-49 Bob Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:16:46 +0000 http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/?p=122#comment-49 Don't forget this about the new bulbs. They contain mercury. Bad for land fills, bad for the environment, bad for humans. Did you ever see the instructions on the box they come in. If you break one it says you should leave the room for 10 minutes so the mercury can dissapate!!! Plus other clean up instructions. Oh yea, we need that. Don’t forget this about the new bulbs. They contain mercury. Bad for land fills, bad for the environment, bad for humans.

Did you ever see the instructions on the box they come in. If you break one it says you should leave the room for 10 minutes so the mercury can dissapate!!! Plus other clean up instructions.

Oh yea, we need that.

]]> By: ceolas http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/2009/06/start-hording-lightbulbs-big-profits-ahead/#comment-48 ceolas Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:57:53 +0000 http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/?p=122#comment-48 "I think they are going to issue regulations outlawing double-ply toilet paper next month, so you may want to start stocking up on that too" :-) Hey you folks catching our daft EU bureaucracy disease... see http://ceolas.net/#li22x Otherwise, regarding the light bulbs.... Yes, ban consumers from buying what they want and applaud the savings! Edison's simple safe light bulb is bought 19 times out of 20 in the USA. The popularity is the reason to ban it: After all, that's why the savings are supposed to be so great, no reason to ban what people don't want. Think about it! The fact is that efficiency regulation on a product sacrifices performance, construction, appearance and price features, and does not necessarily give the savings suggested anyway. Like you say, the energy use in manufacture of CFLs, their usage problems, and other factors affecting the actual savings ( http://ceolas.net/#li13x ) About saving energy = Does society need to save energy? No, no shortage of electric energy sources... About what Obama also said, "saving lots of emissions banning bulbs" = Does your light bulb actually give out any gases, like seems to happen at the White House? ;-) Since power stations might not give out any gases either, bans are unfair on emission-free energy households being able to use what they want, now or in the future, and emissions can be dealt with directly - as is planned anyway - by using new cleaner coal or renewable (or nuclear) energy. Why a ban is wrong: For a long list, with references, why a ban on ordinary light bulbs is wrong, see: http://ceolas.net/#li1x onwards “I think they are going to issue regulations outlawing double-ply toilet paper next month, so you may want to start stocking up on that too” :-)

Hey you folks catching our daft EU bureaucracy disease…
see http://ceolas.net/#li22x

Otherwise, regarding the light bulbs….

Yes, ban consumers from buying what they want and applaud the savings!

Edison’s simple safe light bulb is bought 19 times out of 20 in the USA.
The popularity is the reason to ban it: After all, that’s why the savings are supposed to be so great, no reason to ban what people don’t want.
Think about it!

The fact is that efficiency regulation on a product sacrifices performance, construction, appearance and price features, and does not necessarily give the savings suggested anyway.
Like you say, the energy use in manufacture of CFLs, their usage problems, and other factors affecting the actual savings ( http://ceolas.net/#li13x )

About saving energy =
Does society need to save energy? No, no shortage of electric energy sources…

About what Obama also said, “saving lots of emissions banning bulbs” =
Does your light bulb actually give out any gases, like seems to happen at the White House? ;-)
Since power stations might not give out any gases either, bans are unfair on emission-free energy households being able to use what they want, now or in the future, and emissions can be dealt with directly – as is planned anyway – by using new cleaner coal or renewable (or nuclear) energy.

Why a ban is wrong:
For a long list, with references, why a ban on ordinary light bulbs is wrong, see:
http://ceolas.net/#li1x onwards

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