Lights turn off in the EU

The European Union decided today to stop selling normal 100Watt bulbs by 1 September 2009.
They are starting to replace the usual bulbs by the new energy-saving ones.
They plan to complete the replacing progress by 1 September 2012.

The problem with the energy-saving bulbs is, that they are more expensive than our normal ones. But they have adavantages in the energy consum and endurance.

The EU-parliament thinks that an average household can save 50€ or about 80 CAN $ per year by using the new bulbs.

The old bulbs lost much energy in producing light that is invisible for the human eye. Only 3 % of the applied energy are transferred into our "light". The energy saving bulbs save up to 80% energy.

Other countries who decided or plan to prohibit normal bulbs are Australia, New-Zealand, Cuba and Switzerland.

Bias

The German newspaper "Bild", famous for its lurid articles and known as the newspaper of the stupids, published an article talking about seal dying in the Baltic Sea caused by Global Warming.
The article communicates the message, that many sweet seals have to die because we pollute to much CO2. So, buy an economical car, turn the lights of etc.
It is kind of funny how the newspaper tries to manipulate the population and I don't think that even the stupidst guy in Germany does not get the manipulation. But if it works with some, it would be very embarrassing for all Germans.

The link:
http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/vermischtes/2008/03/10/robben-babies/sterben-in-der-ostsee.html

Blogs about my topic

I searched for blogs that concern about my topic and first found a blog form germany that is talking about the emission of particulate matter of the industry and cars. There have been introduced so-called environmental zones for cars in 13 cities in germany. So are cars that can't filter pollutants good enough to keep the air clean and makes the life in cities healthier.
There are laws for the emissions in germany. So there can be only 50ug /m3 for a period of 24 hours.
But there is still no method to clean the emissions of factories.
The second blog I found deals with the importance of saving the environment now.
It is an appeal to protect the environment.

The third one is interesting because it burdens about the way politics horns in our lives.
Saving earth got so "important" that the government tells us more and more how we should live oder lives.


http://www.umweltschoner.de/umweltschutz/das-comeback-der-debatte-um-den-feinstaub.html

http://www.seoutahblog.com/?p=6

http://www.economistblog.com/2008/05/31/the-ultimate-salvation-environmentalism-and-the-ultimate-commandment-carbon-chastity/

First Post

Hi,
I'm Frederik Schmitz and I am writing this blog because I'm interested in the developments
concerning global warming and environmentalism. This topic has importance all over the world so in Germany, where I'm from, and in Canada, where I am, and most of the world's other countries. And especially big companies are developing new technologies to "save" earth and have a "green" reputation.
As I'm writing this blog, I want to inform about the strategical moves of the industry.