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Eeyore wrote in
: Serge Auckland wrote: Quite apart from the problems of disposing of old CFLs, I question the whole principle of Low Energy lighting. If you have a conventional bulb, much of the energy output is in the form of heat, which will help heat the room, and consequently will reduce the need for other heating, central or otherwise. That's sort of fine if you want extra heat. Often as not you don't. The other downside of your idea is that electricity is more costly than other heat sources (often by a large amount). No, that's no excuse for low efficiency lighting. It wasn't an excuse, it was a reason, and a good one, there was more to his point than you quoted. Most times light is used, heat is also wanted. Where it isn't, you use a light source that doesn't add heat, and there are several choices. LED's in outdoor and tunnel and other places where people don't need to spend time keeping warm, or any of the other types already in use, but that's not where people spend most of their time. The current availability of CFL's is no excuse to risk vast pollution and ebergy use in manufacture for all the general domestic uses that also need heat, and this is true before you begin to consider all the dimmers that must be replaced and thrown away. If you're looking for excuses, at least look in the right place. Trying to force an end to the incandescent lamp to satify a political expedient is not engineering, but an excuse. No matter how people heat their homes, the important thing is not to let it all out of the roofs, doors and windows, it's less important where it comes from. |
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