BF2S Forums A light bulb question

Pubic wrote:

Thats been all over the news here, now it looks likely that we'll adopt it too.

Incandescent bulbs are shit anyway.  If you buy the cheap ones they're forever blowing, and the good ones are almost as much as the eco bulbs!

thats just like new zealand, follow Australia you black sheep.. sheep...

Last edited by <<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven (2007-02-21 01:59:30)

Big step, changing light bulbs.

FFS, do you know how companies buy permission to pollute from the govt, do you know how much water and energy they waste?

They bring it back to the sad punter, who can only buy whats on the shelf anyway, and the cheaper stuff is less efficient energy-wise. Are there subsidies or discounts on the cleaner gear for the average Joe?

Its all very well for us to make an effort, but who's doing something about the larger part of the problem?

That's true, but if you don't talk about climate change who's going to take you seriously?

Ratzinger wrote:

Big step, changing light bulbs.

FFS, do you know how companies buy permission to pollute from the govt, do you know how much water and energy they waste?

They bring it back to the sad punter, who can only buy whats on the shelf anyway, and the cheaper stuff is less efficient energy-wise. Are there subsidies or discounts on the cleaner gear for the average Joe?

Its all very well for us to make an effort, but who's doing something about the larger part of the problem?

If the extra dollar you're going to spend on the more efficient light bulb is that much of an issue for you, you have much bigger financial worries than the price of light bulbs. Not to mention that you'll get that money back in savings on your electricity bill.

What's your problem with taking small steps towards efficiency? If you were in pain, wouldn't you rather take a mild analgesic rather than none at all? Every little bit helps. It's like that quote, "no single raindrop believes it caused the flood."

Here's a way to reduce CO2 emmisions:
Piss off Brown Coal Powerplants, ie. Hazelwood, the 'Dirtiest Powerplant In The World'. Even if we reduce how many KWh's we take out of it, there's still a mega-arse powerplant sitting there, so what's the damn point?

What's that? Replace Hazelwood with Wind Power. Oh wait we can't do that, Wind Power isn't good for our local ecology, plus they're 'ugly'.

Fine, we'll take the power from Tasmania, they have enough Hydroelectric dams to power the entire South-Eastern states. Oh wait, power-lines cause electrical interference in the ocean and are 'ugly'.

Yes, 'ugly' is one of their defensive statements AGAINST clean power. Apparently they haven't seen the gaping hole through the plumes of smoke lately.

Please tell me they aren't this stupid where you are.

TeamZephyr wrote:

It's election year.

*Ring ring*
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*Ah, good idea...*

Eboreus wrote:

at least in germany 2 nuclear powerplants could be shut down, if everyone changed to power-saving lightbulbs - so it's certainly not entierly useless. and aside from that, it has to start *somewhere* - so why not with this move?

The problem with that, however, is that nuclear is not non-renewable (ie. it's renewable). Any oil/gas/coal plants available for decommission?

Mcminty.

I'm cool with this, but not with my downlights. I have about 14-16 downlights in the house, and fluro downlights are absolutely shit. I'll have to stock up on incandescent ones...

Mcminty.

I hate those compact flourescents. I have two in my basement and I'm always at somewhat of a jog while going down the stairs. I flip the switch and proceed to the bottom of the stairs but the bulbs don't turn on until they get all warmed up so I pretty much turn around every day thinking the bulb is out or that I missed the switch.