On Nov 15, 10:46*am, BobR wrote:
On Nov 15, 3:43*am, harry wrote:



On Nov 14, 7:05*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

Opinion piece on the demise of the 100-watt bulb.

"Because the end of days is drawing nigh. *Not in the Biblical sense, but in
the Environmental Protection Agency sense: there were only a scant eight
weeks (now only seven) before the end of the light bulb as we know it.. *As
of January 1, 2012, Americans will have their freedom of light bulb choice
snuffed out by an omnibus 2007 law requiring that general-purpose bulbs be
25% more energy-efficient than the current, justly-beloved, incandescent
bulb."

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-end-of-t...-as-we-knowit/

Long gone in Europe. The 60W is the current one going here.
I haven'thad an incandescent lamp for years. I still have some of *the
first CFLs to come out.
How is Americans have to be hauled kicking and whinging into the
present?

Actually, Americans are more than willing to accept the new technology
when it truely represents something better but totally resent having
those decisions dictated to them. *When a new technology reaches the
point that it becomes the most viable solution, people will naturally
accept it without having the government shove it up their ass. *Until
that point is reached, it should not be the position of government to
force the issue when in many cases they are doing a great deal of harm
rather than good.

A-lamps may consume more energy but they are not toxic to the
environment when they burn out and get thrown away... CFL's are
not the answer...

Perhaps one day when LED based lamps come down in price...

As far as the "new technology" argumentation -- people don't mind
adopting new technologies, the problem is whey greedy oil barons
buy up patents on new alternative energy systems and strangle
the development of energy technologies which diverge away from
using oil...

Ford could start production anytime (they have had this technology
since the late 1990's and have even tested it on large private fleets
so it does work just as well as gasoline) on vehicles which need only
5 parts under the hood different from current production models
for the current ICE based power plant to burn hydrogen gas...

Hybrid cars are wonderful, but they pollute -- producing the battery
causes pollution, then if/when the battery fails because of the
usage pattern of the vehicle or adverse environmental conditions,
the cost of replacing the battery is so much that most people
will trash the car...

So why has this not happened yet ? Patents and contracts,
fueling station operators are prohibited by contract from selling
any other fuels than the ones provided to them through their
supply chain...

Good new ideas exist for paths into the future -- no one in
Congress, business or the scientific community is powerful
enough to go up against the oil companies...

~~ Evan