Sunday, October 04, 2009  Small Steps  Via Cruel Mistriss Eli
came across yet another courtesy fart for George Will at the
Washington Post. Joe Romm was not amused, but you know Joe. Not
one of the Village People. He does have a number of excellent
links about lighting technology developments, programs and
regulation.  David Henderson, got hisself an op ed, more
thoughts on that perhaps later, and proceeded to be as simple as
can be. Henderson said that it was wrong of the EU to mandate a
switch to compact fluorescent bulbs and the US to impose
efficiency standards on light bulbs that will by, 2012,
eliminate the traditional incandescent.  Eli agrees with
Henderson that the US approach is better. Romm agrees too,
pointing out that this has already lead to creation of more
efficient incandescents (most likely by making filaments that
can burn brighter) and leaves a lot more room for technological
innovation. Henderson, leaving no simple thought unwritten fears
a backlash from users moaning  Because his analysi