Bulbs / Miliband

[webofevil]

Possible bad news for migraine sufferers: Energy-saving light bulbs could trigger migraines [BBC]. Those fluorescent darkbulbs that take about quarter of an hour to reach their semi-luminescent state, one of which led me on new year’s eve to misread, albeit at a distance, a product on my esteemed colleague’s bathroom shelf as “Foaming Fascist Wash” (rather than “Facial”), turn out to be not only annoying but actively harmful for a select few.

My concern is that the government (1) seem to take at least four years to absorb new information anyway and (2) are puritanical enough at heart, even without David Miliband heading Environment any more, to press ahead with banning normal light bulbs with no regard to what that could do to migraine sufferers. Prove me wrong, envirowonks!

Incidentally, now that “the Mil” has inserted himself into this post, I am slightly disturbed by the number of my female acquaintances who have A Bit Of A Thing for the Foreign Secretary.

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Comments

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> Not all energy saving bulbs are as dim as the one experienced on NYE

That's true, but—although, as with most things, I'm prepared to be convinced—I haven't yet encountered a fluorescent bulb that's any serious rival for a normal one.


> the idea that people wanting to replace conventional bulbs with energy saving ones are doing so to satisfy some puritanical impulse just doesn't ring true to me

Not primarily to satisfy that impulse. I know that normal light bulbs are energy-hungry and need to be dealt with. I'm just saying that the fact that the alternatives are currently a little worse gives that impulse a reassuring little scratch under the chin.