Comments on: IRELAND BANS INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS

By: peter42y

peter42y — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:09:05 +0000

the banning of incandescent light is the most STUPID MEASURE in the last century. I am shortsighted . Actually I am almost blind of one eye and I have myopi in the other. I noticed neon lights are much more stressfull for the eyes. They are worse for the eyes. There is a reason people do not stop using incandescent lights. Incandescent lights are better for the eyes.
Yeah.
They are going to save a couple of killowats of energy and screw up the eyes of millions.
Thats what I call a smart move.
They should leave people the option to use the kind of light they feel more confortable with.
Period.
They should not mess with people sight.
For me it is hard to read with neon light .
Eyes hurt.
That does not happen with incandescent light.

By: lawsuvfreedumb

lawsuvfreedumb — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:13:17 +0000

Government, please stay out of my light fixtures.

By: henryv

henryv — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:05:18 +0000

News for all is that there are now available dimmable cfls and most modern low energy lamps are being made without mercury.They are also instant start and are virtualy the same in light terms as incans with the addition of coloured outer lenses.Sceptics prepare to see the light !

By: I HATE COMMUNISM

I HATE COMMUNISM — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:51:58 +0000

THIS IS REDICULOUS i am tired of the government telling me what i can and CANNOT buy. i will be one of the first to smuggle normal light bulbs out of mexico. this is horrible some people cant be around flourescent light bulbs and they go into seizures. personally they hurt my eyes and i am on a mission to not use those light bulbs. do some research on this topic it ONLY will save 0.14% of the national energy consumption. is that really enough to justify a law to control people? most people buy flourscents anyways so it makes no sense to live in a world with so few freedoms that u cant find nomral light bulbs!!!!!!!!! i am extremly angry about this subject. i hope someone agrees

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:01:45 +0000

Well, incandescents are now outlawed in the USA, as many now know. I’m for energy efficiency, but I refuse to own CFLs. Why? The light is of poorer quality, they emit RF radiation, cannot be dimmed, have a turn-on delay, and contain mercury. As an engineer, I’ll wait for LED lamps.

On an unrelated note, please, pah leese, stop with the politics. Most of the time, the reporting we hear from our media is so biased that we can’t rely only on what we hear from such sources to base our facts and form opinions. Start seeking truth, people.

By: philip

philip — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:06:28 +0000

Why didnt you use a picture of an Irish light bulb .
This one is an American type that screws in In Ireland they use(used) pusht wist type

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:34:05 +0000

When incandescents are outlawed, only outlaws will have incandescents. I see a big future in bringing black market lightbulbs to the EU.

I for one prefer to save my energy in other ways than living under the pallid glow of office lighting. Even the so called “warm white” CFLs make me feel like I’m living in a bunker. And the CFLs I’ve put on porch fixtures take about 15 minutes to come up to full output (by which time I’ve already been back inside for 14 minutes), and they invariably fail after a few months, presumably due to the cold. And then I’ve got to make a special trip to recycle them.

A tyranny of well meaning do-gooders is still tyranny.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:49:41 +0000

lolyearight: who uses artificial light in the summer? not me.

In midwinter (when it’s dark at 4) the last thing I want to be looking at is flourescent light (ick)… I would bet that most of you guys are students, and only sit under fluorescents for a couple hours a day. I’m chained to my desk for most of the daylight hours under those bloodsuckers, and I like a bit of respite at home.

Banning incandescents is pure foolishness. If they were so great, people would switch voluntarily, but everyone I know has hung onto at least a couple incandescents. I have them everywhere in the house except the living room where I read and two 40 watts in the bedside lamps — btw, it’s a bad idea to have CFLs too close to your head – the EM radiation (within a foot or two) can cause cancer (same as cellphones)…

I don’t have to point out that a ban is pure foolishness from an environmental standpoint, since the number of energy-sucking appliances in people’s homes is rising rapidly anyway. I call shenanigans – pure political grandstanding, which will of course backfire when everyone blames environmentalists for making their homes feel like hospitals.

/rant – sorry.

By: lolyearight

lolyearight — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:56:28 +0000

@Bela:
Hardly. Which do you think would be better for the environment?
A: Burning X for heat, using the heat to spin a turbine for power, then shoving that power through a lossy line to a heater.
B: Burning X for hear, then using that heat directly.

Generating power from fossil fuels is inefficient. Most of the time you can expect efficiencies of 30-35%, with the best plants clocking in at 40-50%. Then factor in a 5-15% loss in power from line resistance. Since most of the world’s power comes from coal, you end up with a very inefficient heat source.

Unless you were getting your power from a clean source (Which you aren’t) you are producing more pollution from electric heat than from oil heat.

Aside from that, incandescents don’t provide any boost to efficiency due to the simple fact that the heat they produce must be removed when it’s not needed – such as in the summer.

By: Mike Forde

Mike Forde — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:12:20 +0000

Andrew Young what do you mean by “It’s the whole of the UK not just Ireland”

Ireland isint in the Uk,It gained indepedance in 1921.Northern Ireland is in the Uk.This article is refering to the Republic of Ireland.

By: pahl

pahl — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:31:18 +0000

@ james and LED fans
im not entirely sure that led fixture offer the ‘thrown light’ qualities that incandesent and flouresent offer, they are good at apearing bright, however at the moment they are horible at lighting something up.

By: SeanR

SeanR — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:17:26 +0000

The practical point is that many households don’t have light fittings that can accommodate the new bulbs, and so there will be much resistance (pardon the pun) to this – particularly when Ireland’s health system is shambolic and women are unable to get accurate checks for the breast cancer epidemic here. Light bulb changes seem not so important in the round.

The Greens were not able to insist on much of their policies (for example on gay marriage) being included i the coalition government, so before you all start congratulating Ireland, it is well to be reminded how this govt is plagued by political corruption and may not last too long.

By: Sebas...

Sebas... — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:28:01 +0000

Exelent!!!
Go ahead!

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:10:09 +0000

future generations are going to wonder what that strangely-shaped thing is that appers above old cartoon characters’ heads.

By: Dave Nofmeister

Dave Nofmeister — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:46:48 +0000

I like how they will get people to convert to a better energy source, its so easy. Just stop stocking it. No one gets stuck with old inventory they cannot sell, and eventually the technology gets phased in in just a few years. It’s a great political way to get the goal achieved.