[Tig] bulbs for the home

[Pete Robertshaw]

Hmmm

Don't get me started on that one. The UK goverment has not a clue about 
what they are doing.
Measuring cars "badness" by CO2 while we are suffocating on Nitrogen 
Oxides and soot is madness. Equally, encouraging the use of remotely 
generated electricity to power vehicles does nothing but shift the 
problem elsewhere and in reality has an environmental cost far in excess 
of generating the power locally. Think of all the environmental cost of 
more power stations (even if just in construction of them) and distribution
For further thought provoking check out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/motoring/2006/11/11/mrmike11.xml

The reports in more detail here
http://cnwmr.com/nss-folder/automotiveenergy/

While the compilation of these "facts" may me open to question the 
sentiment has to be right. Keep creating complex cars which need regular 
parts replacement and it costs more to the environment.

However amongst other things that pose more impact than the car is the 
fact that China is constructing 562 coal fired power stations over the 
next eight years, india 213 and the US another 72. Just 18 of these 
power stations will contribute more CO2 than ALL the current motorists 
in the UK which rather makes a mockery of changing the face of motoring.
Do we have a right to criticise these constructions, well that's not for 
me to say. Whatever; the car is a contributory factor, but that will 
pale into insignificance with what is about to happen.

Makes you wonder?

Pete

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>I too dislike the effect of the non-continuous spectrum emanating from
>fluorescent lamps. 
>I have yet to see any that have as comfortable a visual feel as
>incandescent lamps.
>This is strange, as I have no problem looking at a CRT or LCD that has a
>substantial non continuous spectrum, fairly narrow R, G and B.  
>The BBC used to use 1ft fluorescent tubes wrapped with ND filters that
>provided a grey scale wand. 
>This was used to set up colour monitor luminance, colour balance and
>tracking. 
>Held horizontally just above the monitor it was ideal as all that was
>needed was an eyeball match between the wand and CRT.
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>I agree that Incandescent illumination is about 90% heat, however here in
>the UK for up to six months a year it helps with keeping the 
>house warm, so long as the ceilings are well insulated. As a downside to
>ceiling recessed down-lighters, this heat can be lost in the void. 
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>Don't get me started on Global Warming , but; our government seems
>determined to use the apparent effect to lump charge after charge on us. 
>I would be happy with this if they also agreed to return these charges, if,
>in say 20 years, 
>we find it was all natural and everything we did had no effect whatsoever. 
>There, I have stuck my colours to the mast!  
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>What is one of the worlds most inefficient machines ? 
>A telecine of course. 
>Anything up to 3KW into the beast, and, if it is analog PAL or NTSC. 
>Then a maximum of 1V into 75ohms out, around 13mW. 
>Now if you are a green then I suggest that the telecine efficiency can be
>improved by a factor of around 400 
>simply by turning the audio up so as to use 5W for sound, a continuous tone
>will be required to maintain the efficiency.
>
>While on efficiency subject, but off topic, can anyone tell me whether the
>following is true.
>
>A typical car creates less pollution during its used life than the
>pollution generated to manufacture, 
>destroy and/or recycle parts of it. If this is the case why is everyone
>trying to get us to replace our cars 
>with more efficient ones rather than suggesting we keep them till they
>drop. 
>
>I have heard that the Jeep Cherokee is, under the above reasoning, one of 
>the least polluting cars in the world. No I do not own a Jeep!
>
>This message was typed and transmitted using recycled electrons.
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>cheers 
>
>Peter
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