Feb 1 = Ban the Bulb Day

Hi to all,

following on from Australia Day and " Invasion Day " we now have " Ban the Bulb Day " to celebrate.

Yep, from today ( Sunday February 1, 2009 ) the importation into Australia of the most common incandescent bulbs for domestic 240 volt lighting has been banned.

CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED IMPORTS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2008 (NO. 7) (SLI NO 256 OF 2008)

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From the above Customs Act regulation:

-------------------------------------------- ( a) a shape described as any of:

(i) A50 to A65; or

(ii) PS50 to PS65; or

(iii) T50 to T65; or

(iv) M50 to M65

(v) E50 to E65;

(b) a cap described as E14, E26, E27, B15 or B22d;

(c) a nominal voltage of greater than or equal to 220 V;

(d) a nominal wattage of less than 150 W;

but not including primary coloured lamps;

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Australia is the very first developed country to impose such a ban.

New Zealand has announced that it WILL NOT be doing so !!

Hang on tight - it's going to be a bumpy ride.

..... Phil

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Phil Allison
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Interesting that they think they can reduce the light energy increase to 0% by 2015. so will we be rationing the number of new light installations we can make by 2015 or using >100% efficiency bulbs :-D

"The cost of abatement is negative, -$135/tonne CO2-e." Hence the real reason why it got approved - most people will save money by being forced to change, and reduce their CO2 emissions. This will probably be the only carbon reducation that is negetive abatement per tonne, and begs the question of what other technologies can improve terrible power wasting.

Apparently we use 10x as much power on air condition as we do on light. So one idea would be just to blanket ban aircons being lower than say 28, the cost of abatement would be negetive too, since people will save on power ;-D

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MisterE

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Shame we couldn't have a "common sense" day.

Actually make it mandatory for every day of the year

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Didnt think I would see the day when they would show more sense than us ;)

Your not wrong. Damn dickheads. Wasting time and money on this while real issues go and rot.

While it hasnt yet appeared on their website, (but may soon so have enclosed the link anyway)

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"Silicon chip" covered the incandescent lamp issue in the Feb issue editor's letter, as well as the "restrictions on power hungry plasma TV" crap that's been popping up. They did a reasonable job of it all, bringing up issues that have been discussed on here, but then undid the good work by crapping on at the end about "carbon emissions" / (AGW) which I could understand if it were a tabloid, low IQ "Fran" readership cheap rag or consumer magazine, but in a magazine that's sold as a "technical/scientific magazine", when there is now significant evidence/experts now appearing that show that AGW is false and a scam, - was extremely disappointing to see.

In my personal and honest opinion, putting like AGW / "Carbon emissions" comments like that as fact without even commenting on the opposite view is akin to promoting "flat earth" or "moon is made of green cheese" or "babies are brought by storks" theories in a modern scientific publication - as fact.

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kreed

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Its been done successfully in other countries - North Korea for example. (from what I have heard, South Africa is doing a great job too - with power shortages) With the looming recession/depression, skill shortage and the decaying state of a lot of infrastructure in recent years, substantial reductions in lighting electrical usage (via blackouts) its quite possible that Australia will achieve this.

Buy shares in the candle business while you are at it, or stockpile 'em before they are banned too ;)

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kreed

Eventually politicians will realise that we all exhale naughty planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide and try to put a tax on breathing.

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Bob Parker

Closely followed by tax on farting Tom

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Tom

or mandatory cork up the arse.

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kreed

Yeah, with a corkage charge!

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Bob Parker

Incredible how the media has managed to demonise a molecule which, up to now, was quite useful in several applications.

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Swanny

Yeah, the plants and trees certainly seem to like it.

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Bob Parker

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Anyone heard of ebay ?

Graham

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Eeyore

I was in a Doctor's waiting room recently and yes that damn stork featured in a publicity poster for pre-natal care. WTF ?

BTW, there was a scare story in the UK press recently about banning incandescents, and sure enough all the supermarkets have stopped stocking anything over 60W. The story alleged that 150W bulbs were already quite eliminated, so I went to the local trade supplier and bought one over the counter.

Graham

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Eeyore

Burn the politicians instead.

Graham

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Eeyore

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They are making it illegal to import. Are ebay purchases exempt?

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F Murtz

** Of course not.

Be treated the same as any other form of contraband or smuggled goods.

...... Phil

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Phil Allison

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Radical greenies would also be an excellent alternate fuel source. (And save welfare budget)

The emissions from all the illegal substances they smoke might be a problem for the power station filtering system though.

The massive implosion when the enormous vacccum between the ears is let down to air might do damage too.

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kreed

"A weed is just a plant in the wrong place"

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Clifford Heath

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Do you expect customs to check every small package marked gift or even nominal value ?

Graham

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Eeyore

I can't wait to se hear of the first case of someone being tried for being in possession of an incandescent lightbulb.

What about stage lighting ? PAR cans etc ?

Graham

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Eeyore

The light bulbs are not illegal. You just can not import them. In fact if you could make them yourself there is nothing stopping you at the moment.

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F Murtz

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