"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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: Standby electricity turns into heat, which is valuable except
during the
: summer months. That is a subtlety many greenies don't
understand.

Indeed, and that is also one of the defences for TF light bulbs,
OK they are not the most effective electric fires but the heat
produced is NOT wasted for probably nine twelfths of the year (in
other words it is only wasted during the dusk to dawn hours
between the end of may and the end of September, assuming that
the weather is indeed warm to hot), all the rest of the time they
contribute to background heat. So with TF bulbs contributing to
the heating of the home during most of the year and the whole of
life costs of CFL bulbs the greenies are not being all that that
clever.

The calculations might well be different for the more southerly
countries or countries that traditionally have warmer summers
than is the average in the UK, just goes to show that, regardless
of any other issues with the EU, a "one size fits all" approach
to legislation doesn't actually work.

What are the latest recycling costs for the *safe* disposal of
CFL light bulbs compared to the Vacuum TF bulb?...
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Regards, Jerry.