Energy-saving bulbs finally see light of day

D. Xerri

Jun 19th 2009, 09:00

Energy Saving Bulbs are already Yesterday`s Technology Mr Minister - Please Wake Up !! At my home I`ve been using Energy-Saving Bulbs for these last 6 years and Now I took off all my Energy-Saving bulbs and fitted LED`s - these LED`s consume 1/3`rd of the wattage of the Energy-Saving Bulbs IMAGINE. So it would have been Much Better if Mr Minister in the year 2009 introduced LED`s instead of the old energy-saving bulbs. By the Way LED`s stay cool to the touch and do not produce heat and produce daylight pure light much much better than energy-saving bulbs.

salvatore morgan

Jun 19th 2009, 07:55

...remember we are entitled to 8 bulbs :)

Galea. L

Jun 18th 2009, 23:43

c.
"If you wanna save on electricity to bake, warm our food, heat our water, iron our clothes, etc.....Just buy a solar heater...
Do you really know what you are saying? Since when does a solar heater provide the electricity for those jobs?
Typical arrogance from yet another pn apologist.

R. Azzopardi
Bayonet types are safer than screw bulbs because with screw types you may have the LIVE wire connected to the side instead of the centre connector of the holder and if you hadn't switched off which is highly dangerous you may get a shock which may be fatal.

mario gellel Agostino Pio has already announced that the tariffs will be increased.

K Abela

Jun 18th 2009, 19:48

This scheme might seem a 'dahqa fil wicc' for many, but believe it or not there are people that don't bother changing their bulbs to something more economical hence spending much more on electricity. These people are generally the same ones that complain about the electricity bills!! Thanks Gonzi for giving some common sense to these people!!

laurence schembri

Jun 18th 2009, 19:16

The govrnment has already got his money back with the hike on price of E&W meters.

joyce aquilina

Jun 18th 2009, 19:04

@ j baldachino,my point exactly,i do not belive that just because we are using energy saving bulbs is going to help us pay less and the only thing that is really clean are our pockets because they are empty,we have more electric items in our homes besides the bulbs

J Baldachino

Jun 18th 2009, 18:17

@Joyce Aquilina,

What if i've been using energy saving bulbs for ages (and not government supply, i bought them myself)..... but i still recieve sky high bills and i do not have a/c's........

btw can i sell my free bulbs?

c

Jun 18th 2009, 17:26

@R.Cilia

If you are changing the bulbs,of course you are only going to save on the lighting consumption,that means you save around 70% of the consumtion used on the lights that are energy saving.If you wanna save on electricity to bake, warm our food, heat our water, iron our clothes, etc.....Just buy a solar heater...the goverment is giving a rebate....and for all the rest buy A+,and if you want to save more change your oven and hob to gas..and you can bake as much as you like.
You are the one that trying to fool people...

@Anthony Roberts

You don't want them gold plated aswell ey.....come on....you only use 8 bulbs in your house?

And for all of you that are complaining....just don't take them..

R. Azzopardi

Jun 18th 2009, 16:30

@Joyce Aquilina. You have a point however, it is high time that we start realising that clean energy does not mean CHEAPER energy. These are ENERGY saving bulbs not necessarily COST savings bulbs. Wind farms, photovoltaic cells and other alternative sources of energy are rarely economically viable but they're cleaner than traditional forms of electricity. @Anthony Roberts. You need to get yourself up to scratch mate. Bayonet-type bulbs are on the way out. Apparently they're deemed to be unsafe.

j tabone

Jun 18th 2009, 15:53

@ joyce aquilina

if we get a direct reduction in our bills... we would still be causing harm to the environment.
By these energy saving bulbs you are going to reduce your bill anyway while causing less harm to the environment.

R.Cilia

Jun 18th 2009, 14:25

what did mr.Pullicino mean when he said that the bulbs would reduce a family's lighting bill by 70 per cent? one should note that he said "lighting bill" and not electricity bill. I am sure that the high bills we are paying are not a result of the conventional lighting bulbs but because many of us use electricity to bake, warm our food, heat our water, iron our clothes, etc. As a result the coming electricity bill and the one after it will still be sky rocketing high. Do not be fooled

D.Caruana

Jun 18th 2009, 13:51

Whatever happens from now on is a:
"Speaking about the scheme, Mr Pullicino said it was ready almost a month ago but was not launched earlier in order to avoid it being labelled as an electoral gimmick"
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The polution avoided by these bulbs will happen via the leaflets sent with the vouchers.

nonetheless -- Thank you for a kept promise!!

mario gellel

Jun 18th 2009, 13:22

I AM READY TO BET MY LIFE THAT THE MOMENT WE COLLECT THEM, THEY BE ADDED WITH OUR NEXT ELECTRICTY BILL. ANYBODY WANNA BET?

joyce aquilina

Jun 18th 2009, 12:33

why not give us a reduction in our bills please instead?

J abela

Jun 18th 2009, 12:23

"The bulbs would reduce a family's lighting bill by 70 percent"

Highly doubt it!. Read here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp#Energy_efficiency

Anthony Roberts

Jun 18th 2009, 11:19

Can anyone tell me if the long awaited light bulbs are actually going to fit my lamps, which do not take screw on light bulbs?

C Fabri

Jun 18th 2009, 10:31

Well done Government! A promise kept :-) now I really hope that we will not hear anyone complaining about this further

J E Gatt

Jun 18th 2009, 10:31

Se jaghtina lura ftit mill-flus li hadilna zejda mill-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma.