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[Nickbat]

"From a week today I shall be a marked man. An outlaw. A renegade, beyond the reach of polite society...

...You risk sounding like Charlton Heston saying he won't give up his .44 Magnum until they prise it from his cold, dead hands, but you must banish all negative thoughts. You're going into battle against a repressive government and a fascist diktat from Europe, and taking this rebellious stance won't be easy. But it's something a man's gotta do. From next Tuesday.

Didn't I mention what it was? Sorry. It's light bulbs. As of 1 September, that's it for light bulbs. Finito. It's Goodnight Vienna for old-fashioned, Osram 40-watt or 60-watt, I've-just-had-a-good-idea light bulbs, the ones shaped like Philip Larkin's head. Also the incandescent 100-watt ones that floodlight your kitchen. They've all been banned by European law, and nobody will be allowed to make them, import them or sell them in British shops after next Tuesday – from which day I'll be stockpiling them like Fagin under the floorboards of my home"

Great article! 

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh/john-walsh-i-object-to-being-forced-by-politicians-to-change-the-way-i-use-light-1776735.html

[Toby]

I shall be hoarding them too. The so called 'energy effcient' ones give me headaches.

I no longer have the words to describe how I feel about this country and its government. Angry doesn't even cut it

[Kevin Wood]

Got my supplies in at Macro at the weekend.

Kevin

[Vamps]

I posted a similar thread a few days ago In some situations I am happy with low energy bulbs, but have a stock for those that I am not..

[Nickbat]

I posted a similar thread a few days ago In some situations I am happy with low energy bulbs, but have a stock for those that I am not..

Didn't mean to tread on your toes, Vamps, I just like the way the article was written (and surprisingly in The Indy!)

[zippo]

well folks if its come from the E.U.  its got to be a well thought out piece of legislation , or so the wee folk at the bottom of my bed told me

[STMO999]

I've got light fittings in the house that just wont accomodate the low enery ones.

[Banjax]

I've got light fittings in the house that just wont accomodate the low enery ones.

me too - also they don't work on dimmer switches 

thanks for the heads up nickbat - i missed that article 






ps lightbulb jokes - i love them!





Q:how many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A:why do you feel the lightbulb needs to change?
 

[KillerWatt]

me too - also they don't work on dimmer switches 

You can get dimmable florry's

[Banjax]

me too - also they don't work on dimmer switches 

You can get dimmable florry's

ooh - now i never knew that - i'm guessing they're even more expensive? 

[Jimbob]

i know megaman do em, about £10 a bulb last time I looked!

Ive got low energy everywhere I want em at home.


3 bulbs!

the rest are good old fashioned one, got a shed load of bulbs, but need to stock check the stranger shaped ones asap 

[Kevin Wood]

Low energy bulbs are damn all use in certain areas - i.e. downstairs loo. Gets a few minutes' use per day (unless I've been on the curry!) has to work immediately when switched on (again, sometimes the requirement is more immediate than others!).

Low energy bulbs don't like being cycled on and off, take ages to reach maximum output and the energy consumption of a rarely-used light is irrelevant compared to other items in the house.

If they wanted to make a difference why didn't they ban tumble driers instead?

I haven't even mentioned that the light is of a much poorer quality than that from an incandescent bulb, that they are hazardous to dispose of (as opposed to a bit of glass and a bit of metal) and the interference that low energy bulbs cause to me as a radio amateur.

Still, this is what happens when politicians take over control from people who actually know their subject. They learnt all they know from reading the packet of a low energy bulb!

Kevin

[Dishevelled Den]

I've got light fittings in the house that just wont accomodate the low enery ones.

me too - also they don't work on dimmer switches 

thanks for the heads up nickbat - i missed that article 






ps lightbulb jokes - i love them!





Q:how many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A:why do you feel the lightbulb needs to change?

... absolute quality

[Jimbob]

Well, it looks like its not as bad as thought....

its only 'pearl' bulbs going, the clear I use are ok (for the moment)

even so, I have a good 10 years worth in stock.

now to find the exact wording of whats happening....

[Jimbob]

Best link so far is

http://direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_180003?cid=rss

so, looks like the start of a phased approach....


stockpile away!