Canada bans incandescent light bulbs.

[Locut0s]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-starts-jan-1-1.2479868

I didn't even know about this myself till today lol.

Starting today the sale of all 75 watt and 100 watt bulbs will be phased out. 40 watt and 60 watt bulbs to follow at the end of the year.

Interesting I wonder how this will effect the price of CFLs, which are already now fairly affordable, and LEDs?

Also I wonder if we will start to see CFLs in other shapes and sizes. We have a few fixtures around the house that take small incandescents for which I've yet to see a CFl replacement.

Ultimately it will be nice to see LEDs replace all the above.

[L0oniX]

1. Gee ...now all they need to do is ban tar sands operations.

[Locut0s]

3. Nothing I'd like better. But fat chance that's happening...

There's potentially more oil up there than in Saudi Arabia. That kind of money doesn't go away

[Benton D Struckcheon]

2. I think we here in the US did this starting today.

Not sure about that. Do know it's coming soon.
Around my house most of the lights we use all the time are now CFLs. Only incandescents are leftovers or in weird sockets like in ceiling fans or something like that. We have a few incandescents on the shelf that haven't been used yet, so will use those along the way until they're finally gone.
Waiting for when LEDs get to where they can be used for where we would have normally used 100 watt incandescents. So far the only possible replacements go up to 60 watt equivalents. First place I'll put them is on outside lighting, because replacing an outside bulb in the dead of winter is no fun.

[hunter]

4. Good.

But maybe it's because I think the subsidized LED lights we are getting here in my California city are awesome.

Our last incandescent bulb is in our oven. When that burns out I probably won't care enough to replace it, same as the light in our clothes dryer.

[Locut0s]

5. LEDs really do need to replace then world wide...

Think of the energy savings!

[RC]

6. The light in the oven has to be an incandescent.

CFL and LED's can't stand the heat. The dryer and oven bulbs are specialized bulbs, that at the moment is exempt.

[MineralMan]

9. Yup, and for those who just must have an incandescent bulb,

those specialty bulbs will find in other lamps and sockets, as well. Much ado over nothing, I believe. I've changed my entire house over to CFL's except for those few bulbs that must be incandescent. I have a piano lamp, for example, that uses an elongated incandescent bulb. Those will remain available, but I have a few on hand, since I found some on sale on eBay a couple of years ago. The fridge, the oven and a couple of recessed ceiling fixtures are the only places where I still have incandescents, and I'll probably replace those I can with LEDs in the near future. Frankly, I never use the light in my oven, anyhow.

[lighthouse10]

7. A critical review of the Canada light bulb ban

Re Canada Light Bulb Ban

A critical account

http://freedomlightbulb.org/2013/12/canada-light-bulb-ban-summary-of-how-it.html

[MadrasT]

8. In the US we already lost our 75 and 100 watt incandescent bulbs.

They added a ban on manufacture of both 60 and 40 watt yesterday.

I fucking hate it. I love incandescent light bulbs.

[lighthouse10]

10. "Incandescents as the Real Green Bulbs"

also, same website, a polarity argument

Incandescents: The Real Green Light Bulbs

Efficient?
Certainly efficient, in making bright light using few components

Earth Saving?
Certainly sparing the earth much mining for minerals

Long Lasting?
Certainly they can last long, at least to 20,000 hours at low price,
as shown by mentioned small manufacturers, when major manufacturers
don't control the markets.

Sustainable?
Certainly sustainable, in being easily locally made generic
patent-free bulbs, without much transport of parts or product, and
without needing recycling.

Incandescents don't burn coal and they don't give out CO2 or other emissions.
Power plants might - and might not.
If there is a Problem - deal with the Problem.
Canada = 86% emission-free electricity and no energy shortage
Power plant emissions are decreasing further still on present
policies, both from alternative source use and in directly being
reduced and treated in various ways.

The main evening-night time use of incandescent bulbs only consume
small amounts of off-peak surplus capacity electricity anyway, as
referenced.
Even then, base loading coal power plant minimum night cycle levels
means that the same coal is burned, regardless of light bulb
choice, again referenced.


Incandescent light bulbs:
A pointless very visual feel-good target for an agenda driven ban
seeking to ensure that the world loses the simplest cheapest product
it ever had to produce light from electricity,
an aesthetically pleasing versatile invention, whose doom would arise
not from being unpopular, but from being popular, through the
stupidity that passes for global governance.