Comments on: The brightest bulb in the box? -Liz’s rant http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/the-brightest-bulb-in-the-box-lizs-rant Your daily cup of insanity Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Candlelover http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/the-brightest-bulb-in-the-box-lizs-rant/comment-page-1#comment-61975 Candlelover Sat, 21 May 2011 00:38:39 +0000 http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/?p=15532#comment-61975 Perhaps our gubment just doesn't like the old saying: "The lights are on but no one's home" and they are looking to change it to: "The folks are home with no lights on". Anyone else wary of those innocent looking little fake battery taking "candles"? Candles are "dangerous" ya know.... Perhaps our gubment just doesn’t like the old saying: “The lights are on but no one’s home” and they are looking to change it to: “The folks are home with no lights on”. Anyone else wary of those innocent looking little fake battery taking “candles”? Candles are “dangerous” ya know….

]]> By: lighthouse http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/the-brightest-bulb-in-the-box-lizs-rant/comment-page-1#comment-61970 lighthouse Wed, 18 May 2011 13:57:37 +0000 http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/?p=15532#comment-61970 Agreed Liz..... and its not just the price with LEDs... LEDs - like CFLs before them- have recently been found to have serious home breakage and disposal concerns, having lead, arsenic and toxic vapor content, according to University of California (Davis and Irvine) research http://ceolas.net/#li20ledx Overall, the ban on the popular simple cheap safe types of incandescents surely makes no sense, from any perspective... not just re freedom of choice, not just re usage safety, not just re there not being an electricity shortage for paying customers (and even less so in the future, with all the renewable and low emission alternatives) - but also the overall society energy savings are small, less than 1%, as from US Dept of Energy and EU institutional own figures (http://ceolas.net/#li171x). Besides, notice how light bulb manufacturers have pushed for and welcomed this ban on cheap unprofitable light bulbs. (http://ceolas.net/#li12ax with documentation and references). Agreed Liz…..
and its not just the price with LEDs…

LEDs – like CFLs before them- have recently been found to have serious home breakage and disposal concerns, having lead, arsenic and toxic vapor content,
according to University of California (Davis and Irvine) research
http://ceolas.net/#li20ledx

Overall,
the ban on the popular simple cheap safe types of incandescents surely makes no sense, from any perspective…
not just re freedom of choice,
not just re usage safety,
not just re there not being an electricity shortage for paying
customers (and even less so in the future, with all the renewable and
low emission alternatives)
- but also the overall society energy savings are small, less than 1%, as from US Dept of Energy and EU institutional own figures (http://ceolas.net/#li171x).

Besides, notice how light bulb manufacturers have pushed for and
welcomed this ban on cheap unprofitable light bulbs.
(http://ceolas.net/#li12ax with documentation and references).

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