tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557415519430161123.post7954737750943108149..comments2023-05-08T04:38:58.939-04:00Comments on Blue Republic / the republic under corporate occupation: Clean the kitchen: eject these dangerous substances!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557415519430161123.post-68993893734041679632009-07-16T09:45:24.310-04:002009-07-16T09:45:24.310-04:00RE point 7
Get rid of light bulbs for CFLs...
Cer...RE point 7<br />Get rid of light bulbs for CFLs...<br /><br />Certainly it's fun to try out new lights whether CFLs or LEDS, as mentioned:<br /><br /><br />But all lights have their advantages and uses, it's wrong to say "switch all your lights" just to save energy, energy use is only one aspect.<br /><br />The ordinary simple light bulb has for many people a pleasing appearance, it responds quickly with bright broad spectrum light, is easy to use with dimmers and other equipment, can come in small sizes, and has safely been used for over 100 years.<br /><br />100 W+ equivalent brightness is a particular issue - difficult and expensive with both fluorescents and LEDS - yet such incandescent bulbs are apparently first in line for banning (as in the EU)!<br /><br />There are also problems in achieving small size bright bulbs with fluorescents and LEDS, while halogens, related to ordinary bulbs are only slightly more efficient, and will gradually be phased out too given the proposed efficiency limits.<br /><br />In any case:<br />Since when does America need to save on electricity?<br />There is no energy shortage, there are plenty of local energy sources, Middle East oil is not used for electricity generation.<br />Consumers pay for any power stations, just as they do for factories and shops generally.<br />Certainly it is good to let people know how they can save energy and money - but why force them to do it?<br /><br /><br />Emissions?<br />OK: Does a light bulb give out any gases?<br />Power stations might not either:<br />In Washington state practically all electricity is emission-free, while around half of it is in states like New York and California.<br />Why should emission-free Seattle, New York and Los Angeles households there be denied the use of lighting they obviously want to use?<br />Low emission households will increase everywhere, since emissions will be reduced anyway through the planned use of coal/gas processing technology or energy substitution.<br /><br />Also, the savings amounts can be questioned for many reasons:<br />For a <b>referenced list of reasons</b> against light bulb bans, see<br /> <a href="http://www.ceolas.net/#li1ax" rel="nofollow">http://www.ceolas.net/#li1ax</a> onwards<br /><br />----------------------<br /><br />RE <b>"mecury worse from coal power stations than from CFLs"</b><br /><br />Why does this folk tale keep doing the rounds?<br /><br />Greater coal power mercury problem was only ever true where untreated coal power dominated,<br />and is not true any longer.<br />New injection and photochemical techniques along with conventional gasification and wet scrubber use have -and will- dramatically reduce all coal power mercury emissions:<br />USA Government EPA: 90% reduction by 2018, (phase 1 = 21% reduction by 2010, phase 2 = 69% further reduction by 2018):<br />"On March 15, 2005, EPA issued the Clean Air Mercury Rule to permanently cap and reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants for the first time ever. This rule makes the United States the first country in the world to regulate mercury emissions from utilities."<br />Incoming EPA administrator Lisa Jackson has confirmed continuing with reduction plans.<br /><br />All about mercury and CFLs and emissions, with referenced links including Government EPA:<br /> <a href="http://www.ceolas.net/#li19x" rel="nofollow">http://www.ceolas.net/#li19x</a><br /><br /> <br /><b>In a nutshell: </b><br />1. We know where the ever decreasing coal power stations chimneys are and we can treat their emissions with ever increasing efficiency at lower costs.<br />2. Compare that with billions of scattered broken lights on dump sites, when we do not know where the broken lights are, and so we can't do anything about them.<br />.Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.com