How many Japanese legislators does it take to change a light bulb?
Ok, ok, no joke in the title above...
Kyodo reported that Japan will propose putting an end to domestic production and sale of energy-consuming incandescent bulbs to support a shift to energy-saving fluorescent bulbs to cut electricity consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
The government is trying to work out the details, including the designated transition period for a shift from incandescent to fluorescent bulbs, with some proposing the period to be within three years, the sources said.
Thomas Edison's old light bulbs are incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light. Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are 70-80% more energy efficient than their old incandescent counterpart and last significantly longer.
The Japan Times: Lights out for incandescent bulbs in energy-saving proposal
This ninja joke is not bad at all:
Q: How many Ninja does it take to ... ah. Seems there is a new bulb in already, and no sign of the old one. Plus, the room was locked and the windows barred. And noone knows who changed it!
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And don't they contain some toxic substance that needs to be disposed of in a special way/at a special site? I somehow can't imagine that that will ever be managed well here. But I hope I'm wrong.
Still, I'm waiting for when they make a solar-rechargeable light with a non-disposable bulb.(Sit it in the light all day, use it at night).
Fluorescent light seems harsher on the eyes, but a frosted glass or plastic covering can diffuse and mix the light to make it more like the light we have become used to.
The law would hardly impact us because my house in Tokyo is already all fluorescent except for my one most personal light on my desk, which is a "Biolight", an incandescent bulb that supposedly has the same spectrum as natural light. It also gets very hot, which is an added bonus in winter.
Maybe we all need to get to bed a bit earlier instead!
Are humans smarter than yeast? At least yeast leave behind wine when they pollute their environment to the point that it kills them off.
What will humans leave behind?