Anyone off to VCF-UK

Tony Duell [ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk] wrote: I cannot find the primary legislation, and I bet if I could I'd regret it :-) Here's one retailer's opinion: http://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/info/incandescent/ Here's another actually selling them: http://www.lyco.co.uk/Light-Bulbs/Regular-Light-Bulbs/Rough-Service-Bulb s/sc1340.aspx They think they can sell them. If they're wrong, they're committing the offence, not you (probably :-)). Apparently in the US the sales of alternatives (like rough service bulbs) are being monitored and action may be taken if sales go up too much. or maybe not, who knows. Even you might buy the odd bulb and possibly even use these alternatives all around the house, but pretty obviously the vast majority of the 20 million (plus) households in the UK will switch. They throw away mobiles after a year, computers after two and TVs at maybe the same rate. Bulbs won't be a big deal. So the point is that usage will drop very significantly. Whether that's more than a drop in the ocean or not I've no idea. Same as the analgesics packaging rules: if you make it inconvenient to go around the rules, most people won't be bothered. Job done. I expect so. "We have to do it this way" never cuts much ice in these sorts of things, at least as far as I can see. Let's just be grateful that it is still available and that a lifetime's supply isn't really that hard to build up over time. (Who knows, they might be watching your spending habits ... I'm always amazed I can still buy Ferric Chloride ... it is a chemical after all :-)) Antonio