http://www.rtbf.be/info/international/ARTICLE_072457
Australia sets itself up as a lesson giver
Australia has announced that it will replace conventional light bulbs by 2010 with energy-saving light bulbs. An idea that seduces the federal Minister of the Environment. Bruno Tobbak hopes that the subject will be raised during the federal government's negotiations this year and that the progressive ban on traditional light bulbs be added to the list of measures in the Kyoto plan.
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21 Feb 2007 15:42
An announcement effect that does not lack spice. In terms of climate, Australia is not among the best students on the planet. Like the United States, it has refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Like the United States, it believes that this Kyoto Protocol handicaps its economy and that there is no question for it to make efforts if the emerging countries, China and India, in particular, do not.
Today, Australia stands as a lesson giver. It claims a world first. She says banning traditional light bulbs around the world could cut electricity consumption by five times Australia's annual needs. In the meantime, this measure should allow Australia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by four million tonnes per year by 2012. Not even 1% of the emissions recorded in 2004
I love this type of news:
1) we are tackling a minority energy expenditure while this part of the problem must above all be a question of management (lighting design, time limitation, user behavior, etc.)
2) in each eco bulb ... there is mercury ....... and do not rely too much on the motivation of the general public to eliminate this kind of waste properly in a country with such a low population density