EU countries to impose energy-saving light bulbs has caused intense controversy

According to British "Daily Mail" reported on August 22, 10 days later on September 1, 120-year history of traditional light bulbs is necessary from the EU

countries the size of the shop disappeared, replaced by low-energy energy-saving light bulbs.

EU: for environmental protection with energy-saving light bulbs

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In order to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, the European Union in December last year banned the production and sales of all types of

traditional incandescent bulbs. British Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that through the use of energy-saving light bulbs, the average family

every year can save ￡ 37 of electricity, the national carbon dioxide emissions will also be drastic reduction of 500 tons.

According to the official EU directive, the European manufacturers are not allowed to sell to retailers banned light bulbs, high energy consumption light

bulbs is an offense to import from outside the EU. In order to allow manufacturers to gradually adapt to the traditional light bulbs will experience a

gradual process of elimination. Expected by September 2011, the 60-watt specification bulbs will be phased out.

Banned bulb 60-watt frosted bulb, 25 watts, 40 watts golf-shaped and candle-shaped frosted bulb. The transparent 100-watt light bulb from September 1 this

year will be to prohibit the sale. After the ban took effect, households had to choose one in the two energy-saving light bulbs. A more affordable energy-

saving fluorescent lamps every 3 euros, energy consumption is only one fifth of conventional incandescent lamps, and applies to any shape of the socket. The

other is a dimmable fluorescent, but each in more than 15 euros. In theory, the lamp life of 6-7 years.

Public: new performance not as good as old

In January of this year, major retailers have taken the initiative to stop selling 100 watt light bulb, sparking hoarding behavior of consumers, we all

rushed to snap up the 'contraband'.

Consumers believe that a lot of energy-saving light bulbs are neither poor quality is not cheap, compared to traditional light bulbs are still large gaps in

performance. The public said that many energy-saving fluorescent light performance is poor, and sometimes even one minute in order to achieve maximum

brightness. Kind of dimming fluorescent lamps are able to send a soft light, but energy efficiency is less than one third of the original, and only last for

2 years, than the theoretical 6-7 years is much shorter.

British netizens Pierce, said: 'I strongly object to the decision of the European Union. I really do not like energy saving light bulbs, light strange was

giving me a headache, I Laoyanhunhua simply can not read books. Fortunately, I saved a cabinet of old light bulbs, enough to use that I buried. If less than

that time, I buy it from abroad. '

In this regard, a government spokesman said that public awareness of the remaining errors in the energy-saving light bulbs are rapidly improved. A number of

independent retailers and commentators argued that the change is too much haste, no prior adequate publicity so that the public fully understand the energy-

saving light bulbs.

It is understood that the people of other countries such as Germany, Austria and Hungary in the accumulation of high-energy light bulbs. In Germany, consumer

survey team found that the annual growth rate of sales of incandescent bulbs up to 34% in the first half of this year.