<VV> MORE ON LIGHTING..kinda led

[Jim Houston]

If you broke one of the new "cheap florescent screw-in bulbs", then you 
released mercury into your area. Congress once again passed a law 
without thinking about the consequences. The Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (the “Energy Bill”), signed by the President on 
December 18, 2007 requires all light bulbs use 30% less energy than 
today’s incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The phase-out will start 
with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in 
January 2014. By 2020, a Tier 2 would become effective which requires 
all bulbs to be at least 70% more efficient (effectively equal to 
today’s CFLs).

The "Energy Bill" requires roughly 25 percent greater efficiency for 
light bulbs, phased in from 2012 through 2014. This effectively bans 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banning_of_incandescent_lightbulbs> the 
sale of most current incandescent light bulbs 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb>. The law will 
effectively make compact fluorescent light bulbs 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp> the new 
standard, replacing Incandescent light bulbs 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb>. Representative 
Ted Poe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Poe> contends that the United 
States Constitution 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution> does not give 
the federal government the power to determine what light bulbs people 
are allowed to use.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Independence_and_Security_Act_of_2007#cite_note-11> 
EPA recommendations state that compact fluorescent light bulbs should be 
recycled due to their mercury content.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Independence_and_Security_Act_of_2007#cite_note-12> 
The EPA rules for cleaning up broken compact fluorescent light bulbs are 
also relatively strict.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Independence_and_Security_Act_of_2007#cite_note-13> 
(see 2nd link below) At the time of consideration for the bill, compact 
fluorescent light bulbs were made only in China.

So, starting in 2012, nobody can even manufacture the incandescent 
types, that's why I'm stocking up on the old fashioned bulbs now.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/790099/compact_fluorescent_light_bulbs_require.html?cat=30

http://epa.gov/mercury/spills/index.htm#fluorescent


Jim Houston
'65 Corsa






Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:
>> LED drop lights ... are just now becoming available, including some cordless models.
>>
>>     
>
> John, just because we all have old cars doesn't mean we don't keep up on 
> other fronts -- Cordless LED "drop" lights have been available for at 
> least a couple years, meaning probably longer than that -- most of the 
> ones currently available are now into their 'second design' phase, with 
> sleek housings and a 'focused' led array.
>
> Still can't drive over them though ...   (and expect them to still look 
> and work like new)
>
> Grandkids have figured out that it is a great way to put electric lights 
> in the tree house -- I sure never looked for it there last time I 
> couldn't find it.
>
> I don't think it will be too long before  functional led headlights are 
> available, either.
>
> I do like the cheap florescent screw-in bulbs in drop lights -- enough 
> that I've broken several -- but they need to 'warm up' a bit to be at 
> their best, vs the instant on incandescent and led.
>
> Bill Strickland
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