(NaturalNews) Just as Australia has banned incandescent light bulbs for 2009, England maybe moving towards similar steps, according to
The Guardian newspaper.
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• Fluorescent bulbs use only 20 percent of the energy that incandescent bulbs use, making them much more efficient.
LED lights use even less -- only one-tenth the
electricity of incandescents.
• If a complete ban on incandescent
light bulbs is accomplished, the U.K. could reduce its
CO2 emissions by 2 to 3 million tons annually, Dr. Matt Prescott, who has campaigned to ban
incandescent bulbs in the U.K., told
The Guardian.
• The British government says it wants to encourage fluorescent light bulb use by offering a tax break on the more expensive bulbs, but European Union rules prevent it from offering this kind of promotion.
• "Lighting accounts for about 15 percent of the average home's electricity bill," Prescott said to
The Guardian. A long-lasting fluorescent bulb saves nearly $300 in
energy costs during its lifetime.
• Some companies in the
lighting industry might even push for promoting fluorescent lighting, which is harder to reproduce, to stave off competition from Chinese light bulb makers that have flooded the market.
• "The main thing is that 99 percent of conventional bulbs are switched and the barriers to action are addressed sensibly and pragmatically," Prescott told
The Guardian.
What you need to know - Alternative View
Statements and opinions by Mike Adams• As countries are banning inefficient incandescent lighting and promoting greener, more efficient lighting solutions, they are making a mistake promoting fluorescent
lights due to their toxic mercury content. Only LED lights are environmentally sound. They use far less electricity, have far fewer throwaway materials and last virtually a lifetime in most applications. (Full disclosure: Mike Adams is the founder of
www.EcoLEDs.com, an LED lighting company that sells energy-efficient LED lights to businesses and consumers.)
Bottom line
There are complications to banning incandescent bulbs in the U.K., but progress is being made there to outlaw inefficient incandescent lighting.
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