Big changed in Europe this week with the sales of old incandescent light bulbs being banned.
From Tuesday 1st September 2009 it will be illegal to sell opaque or pearl incandescent light bulbs, you will for a while still be able to purchase the clear ones, the candle ones, etc until they are phased out in a year or two.
There are a lot of people moaning about being forced to change but just look at the facts.
These new compact fluorescents last so much longer, often up to 8-10 years. That is a fact as I have had them since they came out, back then they were a lot more expensive.
Now you often get them for free from your local electricity company or at least for only a pound ($1-2) from most shops. Unless your unlucky or stupid enough to pay more!
Now the main point, who the hell would want to purchase a light that cost them so much to run?
I estimated that an average family would spend somewhere around £24.52 ($60) on lighting a year.
And if they simply switched their bulbs, a quick plug and go, they would pay only £4.50 ($10) a year!
I'm not a professor of mathematics but even if my figures are a bit out these are massive savings.
Not only to your pocket but to all that waste, all that coal and gas and oil that will be burned to fuel these idiots.
So get off your fat asses and change those bulbs now.
It will help all of us and you will save lots of money too.
You would literally have to be mad not to!
(Sure there are a VERY few people that are sensitive to the flickering, very few and those people will still be able to buy the old bulbs, that is a medical condition, so no issues there from me. As a medical product in a niche market of course the price will go up, but then that is to be expected)
I just get tired of those that try and play the King Canute role, the tide is coming in folks, get boots or get wet feet!
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Australia is about to do the same thing. Good for environment.
ReplyDeleteI hate the new bulbs, cause they're lucky if they last twice as long as the (very cheap) old bulbs.
I buy about 6/yr, as mine constantly die!!
not impressed, when they cost about $5-9 each :(
i think it's a total crock. And so many other i talk to have the same problem.
oh well. that's life i guess.
Thats weird as the ones we get here always seem to last me years and years, at least 6 years if not longer in most cases. I tend to use the Philips ones.
ReplyDeleteScotty, are you flashing them off and on a lot to signal passing ships, cos you know you Australians are all smugglers and the like :-)