Low energy light bulbs to rule in Europe
Posted by DavidM in Save energy | 12 March 2007
The incandescent light bulb has a limited future in Europe.
As part of a wave of ideas to radically reduce Europe's carbon emissions, the European Union is looking to introduce plans to ban these high energy use light bulbs within two years.
By replacing normal bulbs with low energy ones could reduce the electricity used to light European homes and business by up to 60%.
Low energy light bulbs have improved enormously over the last few years and I believe it's now feasible to enforce their use over their high consuming ancestors. Having replaced most of my household bulbs with efficient ones I can't see why anyone wouldn't want to go that way.
If you're environmentally conscientious, it's the simplest first step to take. If you couldn't give two hoots about the planet, you shoud do it anyway to save yourself some cash. However, there still seems to be scepticism in some areas.
And Europe isn't the only place this is happening. The Huffington Post (not my normal source of green news) talks about the activities in Venezuela and Cuba where household bulbs have been replaced, as well as plans to do so in Chile and Australia.
