Sunday Times August 30, 2009

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   peter in dublin

   September 12th, 2009 at 14:12

   Yes…
   if noone else questions it in any article, what can you do?
   write an article…..

   I recently wrote this for an American magazine

   Light Bulbs and the Madness of Energy Efficiency Regulations

   http://www.ecnmag.com/article-light-bulbs-energy-regulation-091109.aspx

   Also, my recent extensive EU ban criticism on
   the Commissioners blogs,
   that now come out to defend the EU ban:

   Piebalgs post
   (he says “choice will increse now”)
   http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/piebalgs/lighting-the-way-to-the-future/

   Wallstroms post
   ( she says “noone makes any convincing case against the ban”)
   http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/wallstrom/music-afghanistan-and-light-bulbs/

   Unfortunately, as with Sunday Times, most media criticism is about the CFLs – justifiable of course, but
   giving a cop-out justifying a ban in terms of LEDs

   The ban is of course wrong not just on choice grounds,
   but on the very energy and emission basis behind it.
   As we have pointed out on our sites, there may be some marginal eventual energy savings once all factors are considered, but the need to save energy (as paid for by consumers) can be questioned –
   there is no shortage, plenty of renewable development will take place, if there was a shortage the energy price rise would give increased demand for efficient products
   anyway – and the difference to global warming that a whiff or two of CO2 makes is questionable, CO2 that light bulbs themselves don’t give out in the first place.

   I can’t believe the worldwide idiocy going on here.
   I wish there was a politician that had something in his/her head that could be likened to a brain.

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