Another Light Bulb Bites The Dust -- In Europe

Some years back, the USA and Europe each got rid of incandescent light bulbs.  They used too much energy we were told.  Everyone was to switch to fluorescent bulbs to save energy and lower emissions.  Of course, fluorescent cost more but lasted longer.  In a room with many lights, it looked weird to have some fluorescent and some incandescent.  Some people switched to halogen lights instead of fluorescent; the light is much more natural looking and there is also a significant energy savings.

Now, Europe has decided that it is going to ban halogen lights.  People are also supposed to give up the fluorescent ones.  Everything is going to be LED.  This will reduce energy usage and emissions, or so we are told.  The problem is that LED lights are much more expensive than the others.  And once again, if there are multiple lights in a room, the LED and others cannot be mixed.  That means that average homeowners will soon be faced with high bills for bulbs as the switch to LED goes ahead.  The good news is that many of these LED bulbs will last for 50 years or more.  The bad news is that very few of the homeowners will last for 50 years or more.

It's ridiculous that the EU is deciding to mandate LED lighting.  Over time, the market would surely lead most commercial spaces to switch over to LED.  It seems unfair to force people to incur heavy expenses for the switch however.