RJH wrote:
On 21/04/2017 12:45, Capitol wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

I'd suggest to read up about the reasons behind such legislation.
Rather
than making up your own.

Are you suggesting that saving a few hundred watts for a few minutes per
month is distinguishable from noise in the 2750 TWh EU electricity
budget?

I'd even agree that lighting is a worthwhile target, but that maybe they
pushed it a few years too early, how many subsidised CFLs lurk in the
backs of cupboards when decent LEDs were only a few years down the
track?


Hindsight is a wonderful thing. More to the point, why should we
reduce energy consumption?

More to the point - why consume it in the first place?


You have avoided the question with an opinion.