Panic-buying of 100 watt bulbs in UK

May 19, 2009

According to reports by Alastair Jamieson of  the UK  new source Telegraph consumers are buying the 100 watt incandescent lamps by the armful.  This is due to the pending August deadline to end the sale of the lamp in the EU.

One store general manager was quoted as saying   “A lot of our customers are not convinced that these new bulbs, which will end up on landfill sites, are any better and do not see why they should not have the choice to buy what they wish. We are selling lots of the traditional bulbs, sometimes at up to 50 at a time, and we keep having to scrap around to find new suppliers to restock the shelves.”

Another said consumers are buying as many as they can carry,  20 – 50 at a time.

So the question is …If you had 15 incandescent bulbs in your house which you dimmed them to 80% output and ran 6 hours per day on average, how many bulbs would you have to buy to last you a lifetime?  How many if you wanted to leave any for your children’s inheritance?  

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One Response to “Panic-buying of 100 watt bulbs in UK”

  1. Jeff on May 20th, 2009 6:41 am

    … how many bulbs would you have to buy to last you a lifetime?

    A lot, ;-)

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