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2010-10-17 Europe

German "heatball" wheeze outwits EU light bulb ban

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Posted by tipper 2010-10-17 11:53|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Hah!

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-10-17 12:43|| 2010-10-17 12:43|| Front Page Top

#2 If the EU banned dim bulbs only they'd pretty much abolish themselves.

Win Win

Posted by European Conservative 2010-10-17 13:53|| 2010-10-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 "If the EU banned dim bulbs only they'd pretty much abolish themselves."

ROFL, EC!

Well, at least they'd have to ban the Brussels "leadership" crowd. ;-p

(And most of the rest of the "leaders" of the various governments, too.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-17 14:32|| 2010-10-17 14:32|| Front Page Top

#4 1 year, 2 months, and 15 days. 441 days to go until 100W light bulbs are no longer for legal sale in the US. If you plan to stock up on 100W bulbs, try to get those that are at least 1600 Lumens, which should be marked on the front of the box.

More Lumens means brighter, and some 100W bulbs produce as little as 850 Lumens.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-10-17 18:40|| 2010-10-17 18:40|| Front Page Top

#5 It also illustrates why most of the claimed energy saving won't happen. In most of Europe, most of the time people light their home, they also heat it, and the heat lost from 'more efficient lightbulbs' will have to come from other sources.

All this Global Warming related nonsense is the price we pay as a society for most people knowing nothing about science.

Posted by phil_b 2010-10-17 18:51|| 2010-10-17 18:51|| Front Page Top

#6 All this Global Warming related nonsense is the price we pay as a society for most people knowing nothing about science.

No, it's the price we pay for having scientists who know nothing about society, economics or politics and who can be so easily rolled by leftists.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-10-17 20:43|| 2010-10-17 20:43|| Front Page Top

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