some time back I read that the old fashioned light bulbs were going to be phased out, I did not mention it on the blog but my first thoughts were that when that happened the price of the new eco-friendly bulbs will rise - dramatically, well maybe not as dramatically as I thought but, as the supply of old bulbs runs out the price of energy-saving light bulbs will treble as the final supplies of traditional bulbs dry up industry experts have warned, Government subsidies that have kept the price of eco-bulbs artificially low for the last few years have been scrapped, at the same time, manufacturers are increasing wholesale prices to take advantage of the European ban on ‘energy guzzling’ old-style bulbs,
our masters in Europe have already banned shops from buying stocks of 100watt bulbs and stopped them stocking up on any type of frosted incandescent bulbs, James Shortridge, managing director of the independent lighting chain Ryness, said the cost of eco-bulbs would soar in the New Year, 'manufacturers put up prices two years ago when the first ban came in and clearly will do the same again, it’s the perfect storm for them,' medical charities say the eco-bulbs can trigger epileptic fits, migraines and skin rashes, eco-bulbs were also at the centre of a health scare in December when a German study showed broken lamps release potentially harmful levels of mercury, however the UK Health Protection Agency said they did not, I wonder which one of the two to believe? but in any event the bad news as always is the tree huggers have cost everyone yet another fortune.
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