Say bye-bye to the $1 light bulb

[Sam I Am]

God Damn what has the world come too....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10516812

this is well worth a look to explane >

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[mowgli]

That's hilarious. Long but hilarious.

A good example of knee jerk politics

[Usarka]

The new bulbs require more energy to create, and contain mercury.

i'm not entirely convinced......

[pzkpfw]

Meanwhile the councils and Governments continue to do things like light our cities so they can be seen from space.

[Street Gerbil]

Time to stock up.

[SPman]

Been in force over here for a year or so now - no big deal. Get over it people, it's the way the world is turning....

[Coyote]

Elecshun winnar!!!!

[Flatcap]

Typical Environ-mentalist logic. Forcing us to use something that ultimately is worse for the environment.

[sAsLEX]

Typical Environ-mentalist logic. Forcing us to use something that ultimately is worse for the environment.

Yip the green bitch lectured us in uni, a 4th year engineering class, and tried to sell solar panels as a brilliant solution...... failing to forget the many heavy metals that go into their construction.

[The Pastor]

solor panels are awesome - free energy :D

if only if they wernt so damn expensive :P

If I build a house, its going to have alot of solar pannels on it. I love getting stuff for free (minus the initial costs).

[Street Gerbil]

I love getting stuff for free (minus the initial costs).
Too bad solar panels require more energy to manufacture than they can produce in their lifetime :-((((

[The Pastor]

Too bad solar panels require more energy to manufacture than they can produce in their lifetime :-((((
dosent bother me :D

[mowgli]

Yip the green bitch lectured us in uni, a 4th year engineering class, and tried to sell solar panels as a brilliant solution...... failing to forget the many heavy metals that go into their construction.

Some green idiot on Sunrise this morning dismissed the mercury issue by saying that we put mercury thermometers in our mouths every day and they're much worse. Bullshit!!! I haven't owned a mercury thermometer for more than a decade and the one we do have (digital) gets used about three or four times a year.

[Usarka]

Some green idiot on Sunrise this morning dismissed the mercury issue by saying that we put mercury thermometers in our mouths every day and they're much worse. Bullshit!!! I haven't owned a mercury thermometer for more than a decade and the one we do have (digital) gets used about three or four times a year.

I may have heard the same doofus on the radio.

He was questioned about mercury leakage into landfills (a huge issue). His come back was that lots of mercury thermometers are thrown out.

??? Hmmm, wouldn't 98% be disposed of in a very controlled manner as hospital waste? And would the volumes be anywhere near as high as the turnover of lightbulbs per annum?

[pzkpfw]

Hands up everyone who disposes of their batteries properly...

[Usarka]

Hands up everyone who disposes of their batteries properly...

Point being? That it would be ok to make things toxic because people thought them away anyway? :scratch:

[Flatcap]

Some green idiot on Sunrise this morning dismissed the mercury issue by saying that we put mercury thermometers in our mouths every day and they're much worse. Bullshit!!! I haven't owned a mercury thermometer for more than a decade and the one we do have (digital) gets used about three or four times a year.

Yes - also I have about 100 light bulbs in my house.....ever so slightly more than the number of mercury thermometers.

[Flatcap]

And the ambiance at Flatcap Castle will be compromised:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4587346a19716.html

[pzkpfw]

Point being? That it would be ok to make things toxic because people thought them away anyway?

No! The exact opposite.

The greenies want to force these things on us, and have pie-in-the-sky ideas of how the down-sides will be dealt with.

No matter how many toxic bulb recycling station are set up - many people will still just chuck them in their normal household rubbish.

Perhaps sad, but that's reality.

For the power savings these bulbs give, why not just build another freakin' wind farm?

(Or get rid of that smelter to which the Bauxite is shipped from OZ (using diesel...))

[Ixion]

Anyone want to try replacing the light in their fridge with one of those things?

And the flickering effect gives some people migraines (I'm told).

And, ultimately, where do the greens egt off, banning the old sort. By all means encourage people to use the new ones. But banning the old ones is way beyond what any government should have power to do.

I use some of the new ones, in palces where I don't want to ahve to change them often. But broken ones just go in the rubbish, I don't recycle (except for the inorganic collections , of course) . I can't be having with sorting rubbish at my time of life.

[vindy500]

Yes - also I have about 100 light bulbs in my house.....ever so slightly more than the number of mercury thermometers.

100 bulbs?

[Steam]

It's not up to NZ, Australia is pressuring us to ban them so they can bring in their ban. Something to do with Trans-tasman trade laws.
So it wasn't our idea, it was theirs.

[imdying]

Ironically, it's the inefficiency of incandescent bulbs that I rely on to heat my carbon fibre curing oven :laugh:

[Steam]

Ironically, it's the inefficiency of incandescent bulbs that I rely on to heat my carbon fibre curing oven :laugh:

What will the little girls do without incandescent bulbs to put in their plastic Easybake Muffin Ovens!?? They might turn into boys! HELLLLEN!

[FJRider]

Been in force over here for a year or so now - no big deal. Get over it people, it's the way the world is turning....

The world is TURNING ??? STOP it then ... I want to get off...

[Flatcap]

This is just insanity

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10517181

So I am going to freeze when I get out of the shower, piss all over the toilet floor in the night, and my Irish Stew will be the same temperature as my Guinness at the pub

[vifferman]

This is just insanity

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10517181

So I am going to freeze when I get out of the shower, piss all over the toilet floor in the night, and my Irish Stew will be the same temperature as my Guinness at the pub
I'm going to be stocking up on incandescent buls before they're phased out. I don't want powersavers in our bathroom fittings, and the dimmers in the master bedroom and lounge are there for a purpose.
But you're right - it is insanity.
Their figures of power saving seem to be based on the average number of lightbulbs in a NZ house (28?) and an assumption that they'll all be on at once.
Also (furthermore), they forget that lighting is not a big part of the typical household power usage - hotwater and heating would be more. In our household, the PS3 would use more than the lights. In any case, who the fuck are 'they' to tell me what I can and cannot do? I pay my power bills, so I'll use the power for whatever I want to.

Fukkem. :Pokey:
I think I'll go and turn some lights on right now, kill a few baby furseal whales.

[Street Gerbil]

I'm going to be stocking up on incandescent buls

I am sure incandescent bulbs are going to be a hot commodity on trademe.