Ban On Popular Light Bulbs A Real Turn-Off

[KeithD]

I think we have a few thousand, will sell them on the black market in 10 years for £50 each

[joebloggs]

I think we have a few thousand, will sell them on the black market in 10 years for £50 each

From tomorrow, the 100-watt incandescent bulbs that have been the gold-standard of illumination for more than a century, will become contraband

Any retailer who fails to uphold the ban can be shopped to the authorities and face a hefty fine and criminal record.

Given the behaviour of some eco-zealots, one can all too easily imagine this happening.

Look forward in the coming months to tales of hapless market traders and back-street electricians being snitched upon by righteous green activists and hauled off to the courts as if they were heroin dealers.

No doubt there will soon be armies of light-bulb enforcement officers recruited to police the ban, to join the legions of Europe’s jobzillas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...dimwitted.html

another reason to the EU

[Alan]

Another nail in our RIP common sense coffin!! I DO agree that saving energy and saving the planet etc.. is the way we have to go - but I also agree, these ridiculously over-priced 'bulbs' give off very poor light and do indeed, also, give me headaches!

Al.

[joebloggs]

Another nail in our RIP common sense coffin!! I DO agree that saving energy and saving the planet etc.. is the way we have to go - but I also agree, these ridiculously over-priced 'bulbs' give off very poor light and do indeed, also, give me headaches!

Al.

some places have them on offer Al, i've bought some from Morrisons not long ago, 11w ones, buy 1 get 3 free, so i think it cost me a £1 for 4, i've also bought some more 11w ones for 20p each.

but your right, if you buy one branded name one can cost £'s

also the light given off is not as bright, so you need more of them

i can see people selling 100w bulbs outside the ArndaLE AL, next to dodgy cigs, dvd's and perfumes from tomoz

[Alan]

some places have them on offer Al, i've bought some from Morrisons not long ago, 11w ones, buy 1 get 3 free, so i think it cost me a £1 for 4, i've also bought some more 11w ones for 20p each.

but your right, if you buy one branded name one can cost £'s

also the light given off is not as bright, so you need more of them

i can see people selling 100w bulbs outside the ArndaLE AL, next to dodgy cigs, dvd's and perfumes from tomoz

Yes Joe - I have bought the 'cheapos' in the past - on the box says lasts 4 years kinda thing - I think mine lasted 4 weeks!!! (As I seem to remember)

But yes - my dad believes in them and I think he pays about 7 quid for Philips or some other branded. Can't be sure of my facts here so please don't quote me.

Nevertheless, I still think a ripoff under the guise of 'You are saving the planet.'

Al.

[joebloggs]

Yes Joe - I have bought the 'cheapos' in the past - on the box says lasts 4 years kinda thing - I think mine lasted 4 weeks!!! (As I seem to remember)

But yes - my dad believes in them and I think he pays about 7 quid for Philips or some other branded. Can't be sure of my facts here so please don't quote me.

Nevertheless, I still think a ripoff under the guise of 'You are saving the planet.'

Al.

upto now, i think ive only replaced one of the low energy ones in about a year, and i think i've got about 10 being used here.

Nevertheless, I still think a ripoff under the guise of 'You are saving the planet.-

just like the car scrapage scheme, my misses 12yr old merc, how can scrapping a car that might pollute a 1/3rd more than a new lower emission car save the planet, what about the cost to the environment of a new car

[IainBusby]

upto now, i think ive only replaced one of the low energy ones in about a year, and i think i've got about 10 being used here.

Nevertheless, I still think a ripoff under the guise of 'You are saving the planet.-

just like the car scrapage scheme, my misses 12yr old merc, how can scrapping a car that might pollute a 1/3rd more than a new lower emission car save the planet, what about the cost to the environment of a new car

I think that the car scrappage scheme in the UK was introduced more for the benefit of the car industry than for the benefit of the planet Joe.

[IainBusby]

i can see people selling 100w bulbs outside the ArndaLE AL, next to dodgy cigs, dvd's and perfumes from tomoz

I was at a car boot sale last week, there were 3 or 4 guys selling the old ones and they seemed to have lots of stock. I'll bet they're still selling them at car booties in 10 years time and I'll bet it won't be long before there are places online where you can buy them in bulk (probably sent from some other country in EUROPE where they don't pander to every whim of the Brussels brigade). I think that the law of supply and demand will eventually scupper this stupid piece of legislation and it will end up as one of those things that we know we shouldn't do, but we all do anyway.

[Arthur Little]

From tomorrow, the 100-watt incandescent bulbs that have been the gold-standard of illumination for more than a century, will become contraband

Any retailer who fails to uphold the ban can be shopped to the authorities and face a hefty fine and criminal record.

Given the behaviour of some eco-zealots, one can all too easily imagine this happening.

Look forward in the coming months to tales of hapless market traders and back-street electricians being snitched upon by righteous green activists and hauled off to the courts as if they were heroin dealers.

No doubt there will soon be armies of light-bulb enforcement officers recruited to police the ban, to join the legions of Europe’s jobzillas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...dimwitted.html

another reason to the EU

Yet another example of the crass legislation imposed on Society by this 'Nanny State'! Remember a few years back when our centuries-old practice of pricing everyday commodities according to Imperial Weights & Measures, i.e. stones, lbs. & ozs. ... gallons, quarts and pints ... yds., ft. & inches, &c. was, by law, to be scrapped in favour of the likes of kg., litres & metres, etc., etc., etc. And traders who deviated from this crazy European directive faced hefty fines or [for repeated "offences"] even withdrawal of their licenses?? What next ... ?

[jimeve]

Yet another example of the crass legislation imposed on Society by this 'Nanny State'! Remember a few years back when our centuries-old practice of pricing everyday commodities according to Imperial Weights & Measures, i.e. stones, lbs. & ozs. ... gallons, quarts and pints ... yds., ft. & inches, &c. was, by law, to be scrapped in favour of the likes of kg., litres & metres, etc., etc., etc. And traders who deviated from this crazy European directive faced hefty fines or [for repeated "offences"] even withdrawal of their licenses?? What next ... ?

What next, the Euro, won't be long now Arthur and prices will rocket too.

[Arthur Little]

What next, the Euro, won't be long now Arthur and prices will rocket too.

Aye, you're RIGHT there, Jim! ... just as they did back in February 1971, when the UK became decimalised. I remember once, during a visit to Venice, a shopkeeper telling me about how much prices had risen since Italy replaced lira with the Euro.

Enough said!