Incandescent bulbs that are 100W or more or have frosted coatings are banned from import into the UK. All in the name of saving energy. Charlotte Gore links to a vast summary of information on CFLs by Dr Peter Thornes. He links to another investigation by Rod Elliott.
Here’s a summary of thoughts from reading those two articles; there’s not much original here but I find it helpful to write everything in one place.
* Why ban frosted bulbs? Could it be because un-frosted incandescents don’t make such nice light, and we need CFLs to look better in comparison? Frosted bulbs are 90% of sales according to Osram and Philips.
* If you get the Energy Savings Trust, an organisation with a clear vested interest, 90% of its income from governments, and “includes as members The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Secretary of State for Transport, The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and The First Minister for Scotland”, the best they can say is that, “the majority of people cannot tell the difference between the light of a new CFL and an incandescent bulb.” So that’s anything up to 49% of people can, then."
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