tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post4988329169926728085..comments2023-09-03T09:52:05.654-04:00Comments on <center><a href="/#banx">Freedom Light Bulb</a></center>: "Most Americans against the Light Bulb Ban"Lighthousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-24096522383529379242014-01-10T16:59:26.292-05:002014-01-10T16:59:26.292-05:00Thanks Steve,
RE energy and electricity, USA impor...Thanks Steve,<br />RE energy and electricity, USA imports no oil (or other fuel, except possibly Uranium from Canada) for electricity.<br />Alaska and any other minor state use involves indigenous oil.<br /><br />As covered elsewhere, the relevant society energy savings are marginal at best for several reasons, including that incandescents are mainly used off-peak evening and night at times of surplus electricity availability, such that in particular coal, the main worry, would likely be burned to the same amount anyway on minimal night cycle levels.<br /><br />As you say in regard to the rough service bulbs they are legal for now.<br />See the recent <a href="http://freedomlightbulb.blogspot.com/2014/01/usa-and-canada-light-bulb-ban-now-and.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> about them.<br />As seen, they'll have sales monitored in tier 2 regulation and may be banned in tier 3 (with probable store inspections, as planned in other countries, since industry like mining need these bulbs).<br />It's good to have the rough service workaround though and they do last longer, albeit with less brightness for the same wattage, as you say.Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-31013347443918520882014-01-10T15:35:40.328-05:002014-01-10T15:35:40.328-05:00I appreciate your reflections on the principle of ...I appreciate your reflections on the principle of the concepts here. One of the challenges for lawmakers is that they have opposing desires of the people. For instance, cheap energy and the ability to use whatever light bulb they want ... coupled with a desire to get off of foreign oil and (for some Americans) to stop producing so much pollution with energy ourselves. Changing our lighting is one easy way to address the energy issue, but people don't want to be told how to address it. So to me, it's just not an easy topic.<br /><br />However, I do tell people they can keep their incandescent bulbs by just buying rough service bulbs. They don't cost a lot more, and they last twice as long. They just don't burn quite as bright as the wattage would suggest, because they're 130V bulbs running on 120V, so if you need to maintain the same lighting, upgrade to the next wattage number. Its brightness AND usage of wattage will actually be 10-20% less.Stevehttp://www.lightingsupply.com/incandescent-bulbs/specialty-bulbs/rough-service.aspxnoreply@blogger.com