Re: Stocked up with 100w bulbs yet?!

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:14:24 +0000, Ret. wrote:

Alex Heney wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:43:08 -0000, "M.I.5¾"
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"unit743" <unit743@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not really if the object of the exercise was to make it look like the
government were 'doing something' wrt the global warming rip off.

The government are pushing the CFL light bulb because they will get
more revenue from the increased VAT on the lamps once the prices rise
to the level they will once the filament bulbs are dead.


I could call that statement uttter crap, but I wouldn't want to be seen
to be complimentary about it.

First there is no real reason why the prices *would* rise.

They have been falling so far, and doing so mainly because of
competition, which will continue to prevent price rises.

And second, they would have to rise quite a bit before the additional
cost compensated for the lower numbers.

I would argue that the cost of them has been falling because no-one is
buying them! Apart from yourself Alex, everyone I know (and seemingly most
posters on this thread) have tried CFL lighting and have gone back to
incandescents. My complaint has nothing to do with size or
incompatibility, but everything to do with the fact that incandescents are
superior in almost every way.

Incandescents come on immediately - and are at full light output
instantly. They do not deteriorate with age, and continue to give maximum
bright light output until the day they fail - which in my experience is
usually after many years of use. They are dirt cheap and can be used with
dimmer switches - and with automatic security lighting, which CFLs cannot.

The only way in which CFLs are superior is in running costs - and in
relation to overall electricity use in the modern home, lighting is only a
small percentage of same and not of significance to most people. The fact
that people are rushing out to buy up remaining stock of incandescents
demonstrates just how unpopular CFLs are. No-one wants them, no-one is
buying them, and hence the price is dropping in an attempt to stimulate
sales. Whether or not their price will remain low when we have no
alternative but to buy them, I don't know.

Ret.


And they also cause RFI.


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