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Old light bulbs face the dimmer
Published: 06 September, 2010, 11:18
Edited: 17 September, 2010, 11:12
TAGS: Budget, Big deal, Economy, Finance
Europe’s move to phase out 60 watt light bulbs next year after banning 75 watt bulbs last week is also the future direction for Russia, as energy efficiency starts to take on a day to day meaning.
Vladimir Gabrielyan, General Manager of Philips Lighting, East Europe is a long-standing advocate of energy-efficient lighting and defends the flourescent lamps heavily promoted by governments around the world.
“These lamps are normal lamps which we are using already for decades in our offices, in shops, in schools, in kindergartens. So, this is nothing new, actually, it’s a big lamp which became small and its put here.”
The LED lamp made of plastic – is the future, he says. It’s a direct replacement of the popular 60W light bulb. It gives off the same warm glow, though it lasts 25 times longer and uses 80% less energy. The only problem he notes is the price tag.
“This lamp will be introduced into the market of Europe and its shelf price will be 49 – 90 euro. But the thing is actually that we also have a road map of how to break costs by 2015. We want this lamp to cost in a shelf 5 euro.”
Simple mathematics shows the energy efficient lamps are cheaper long term. When people finally believe it and change old bulbs at homes, the Russian economy, for example, could save up to 20 billion euro a year, according to Miles Stump, from Sustainable Energy Finance at the International Finance Corporation.
“There’s going to be inevitably some push back from the people who are conservative, who use these kind of bulbs their whole lives. I think, it’s absolutely normal that there’s going to be some kind of resistance to this initially, but I think, the governments are doing the right thing in the EU and in Russia by pushing them.”
At the moment Russia doesn’t have its own production of energy efficient lighting…that’s why the ban on the most powerful wattage lamps have already been postponed until 2012. Although bulbs from good old days are banned in Europe, people nostalgic for them can always bring back a souvenir from Russia, where even 100 watt models will stay on the shop shelves for quite some time.
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This is a huge scam. The lamps do not last as advertised, I have tested that myself. The light is pathetic and sickly. And, looking at the instructions for disposal, I was horrified. The whole thing is ---- TOXIC. It is very dangerous for anyone to break it, and I am not sure that it is good for the environment at all. So, congratulations. We have just invented a MORE EXPENSIVE, NEW, LIGHBULB. They have learned this trick from detergents. Every now and then they come up with SMALLER package, that is SUPPOSEDLY 4-times more concentrated. Well, in reallity it is not so. But the PRICE is jacked up accordingly. The problem is, there is NO CHOICE. This will be with the bulbs. The only solution will be to MAIL the spend bulbs to the government, and let them figure out how to dispose of the blasted thing without poisoning onself or passing the buck to poison somebody else.
LED is the correct Option, CFL is already Outdated, instead of Switching to CFL, Every one should simply Change over to LED, other wise, It like using a 10year old technology and then change everything again in Which is a WASTE. LED is the latest, it does save power and it is slightly costlier than CFL. I see big scam in the making as Europe is switching to CFL instead of LED
People are morons!!! Why do you want your options choosen for you by the government? Have you people no brains? LED light travel is horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go buy yourself a LED flashlight! Light travel will never match regular light bulbs. So why do we have to be forced to buy something that one may not want. Some people have hobbies and work that has demands for different types of lighting. Does the government care? No!!! Even forcing to LED means a mass wave of consumers that will be forced to buy these lightbulbs which would make a manufacturer lobbying governments RICH!!!! And of course they are all for it because who doesn't like money. I hate the world we live in today. Government forces us to have poisonous argon and mercury bombs that can cost 2000$ to clean up by specialists if they break in your home. REAL SMART INNOVATION!!! People have these choices today, I see no reason we have to limit options just because Chicken Little is screaming the sky is falling. And as for these bulbs going in the trash! That is exactly where mine will go. Want to poison the lands, oh well fake greeners will have to reap what they sow when this stuff leaches into their drinking water.