Of lightbulb politics and aesthetics
Meanwhile, the Irish Government confirmed last week that they stand by their decision to outlaw inefficient lightbulbs by 2009. Italy began legislating to ban the bulb in December, and the European Commission are speeding up their energy efficiency standards-making process too.
Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels, but they haven't a leg to stand on. Legislators, activists and the general public heard their plea to "make the switch", and answered resoundingly: "Sure, we'll do that. But you have to stop making power crazy bulbs."
(Photo from Wikipedia Commons)
Comments
Actually, I find the round tube bulbs like the one in your picture to be quite pretty.
Just my opinion.
Anyway, they said of Beaubourg what they said of the Eiffel tower: this ugly piece of junk is defiling Paris. Here's to hoping CFLs become as popular as the Eiffel tower.
And to those who speak French, here's some good news: the French governement offered to open a high speed train line between Brussels and Strasbourg once a month during the EU parliament session. This would save lots of CO2, since until now, the all fly here. They won't even need to build new rails or anything, just link two existing lines. Now, why didn't they think of that earlier?
http://www.dna.fr/une/1720100.html
Posted by: Juliette | January 17, 2008 3:39 PM