Another right wing German ijit...

[kristopher]

German "heatball" wheeze outwits EU light bulb ban

BERLIN | Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:02pm EDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German entrepreneur is bypassing a European Union ban on light bulbs of more than 60 watts by marketing his own brand as mini heaters.

Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs."

To improve energy efficiency, the EU has banned the sale of bulbs of over 60 watts -- to the annoyance of the mechanical engineer from the western city of Essen.

Rotthaeuser studied EU legislation and realized that because the inefficient old bulbs produce more warmth than light -- he calculated heat makes up 95 percent of their output, and light just 5 percent -- they could be sold legally as heaters.

On their...

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[Taverner]

1. Their Bavaria is our East Nevada...

Or more likely, our Colorado Springs.

We share more than that 2nd place for American Language (it was almost German)

[Chulanowa]

2. Actually, that's a myth

The American language was never almost German - there's never been an official American language, after all.

However, early American government documents were often printed in German, simply because in that day and age, German was the second-most populous language in the states, and it was judged prudent that all Americans know what was being done in government.

The founding fathers set a precedent for multilingualism. Dump that on hte next right-winger who bitches about hearing "o para español presione el número dos"

[Taverner]

3. I like that - got any links?

Because I have a few 'English is our National Language' and I've been often saying 'Our language was almost German!'

[Chulanowa]

4. Snopes work?

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/german.asp

Actually from the article I'm wrong. it was voted to print in english only. But still, interesting history nugget.

[Taverner]

5. Cool any other sources let me know

[GliderGuider]

6. Thanks for posting that, I love it!

I'm completely in favour of inducing a bit of chaos and playfulness in the system. As well as thumbing one's nose at oppressive regulations.

More power to him!