Comments on: Celebrate Simplify Your Life Week http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/07/celebrate-simplify-your-life-week/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Celebrate Simplify Your Life Week « Lauren Patricia Hogan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/07/celebrate-simplify-your-life-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Celebrate Simplify Your Life Week « Lauren Patricia Hogan Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:49:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=6549#comment-2059 [...] Simplify Your Life Week In today’s world, multi-tasking is almost fundamental to living a functional life. But sometimes it seems that the list of tasks is so overwhelming it causes more stress, rather [...] [...] Simplify Your Life Week In today’s world, multi-tasking is almost fundamental to living a functional life. But sometimes it seems that the list of tasks is so overwhelming it causes more stress, rather [...]

]]> By: lighthouse http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/07/celebrate-simplify-your-life-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 lighthouse Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:43:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=6549#comment-1836 //added to previous// Energy savings? There is no energy shortage. Note that if there was an energy shortage, the price rise would make people buy more efficient products anyway - no need to legislate for it Americans choose to buy ordinary light bulbs around 9 times out of 10 (industry data 2007-8). Banning <b>what people want</b> gives the supposed savings - no point in banning an impopular product! If new LED lights -or improved CFLs- <b>are good</b>, people will buy them - no need to ban ordinary light bulbs (little point). If they are not good, people will not buy them - no need to ban ordinary light bulbs (no point). The arrival of the transistor didn't mean that more energy using radio tubes had to be banned... they were bought less anyway. For more on why the ban is wrong, see ceolas.net/#li1x onwards //added to previous//

Energy savings?
There is no energy shortage.
Note that if there was an energy shortage, the price rise would make people buy more efficient products anyway – no need to legislate for it

Americans choose to buy ordinary light bulbs around 9 times out of 10 (industry data 2007-8).
Banning what people want gives the supposed savings – no point in banning an impopular product!

If new LED lights -or improved CFLs- are good,
people will buy them – no need to ban ordinary light bulbs (little point).
If they are not good, people will not buy them – no need to ban ordinary light bulbs (no point).
The arrival of the transistor didn’t mean that more energy using radio tubes had to be banned… they were bought less anyway.

For more on why the ban is wrong, see ceolas.net/#li1x onwards

]]> By: lighthouse http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/07/celebrate-simplify-your-life-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 lighthouse Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:40:01 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=6549#comment-1835 It's a strange world that would favour the ban of Edison's simple safe versatile cheap quick responding bright broad-spectrum light bulb..particularly for environmental reasons: Given that CFLs have health and mercury concerns, and given that light bulbs -unlike cars- don't give out any emissions: Power station emissions can be dealt with directly, by processing or energy substitution. It’s a strange world that would favour the ban of Edison’s simple safe versatile cheap quick responding bright broad-spectrum light bulb..particularly for environmental reasons:
Given that CFLs have health and mercury concerns, and given that light bulbs -unlike cars- don’t give out any emissions: Power station emissions can be dealt with directly, by processing or energy substitution.

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