Monday, January 4, 2010

The wasteful avalanche of 12 million light bulbs

Subject: txt grn engry -
Twelve million low-energy light bulbs were posted to households over Christmas by an energy company as part of its legal obligation to cut carbon emissions, despite government advice that many would never be used...

Npower did not know how many of the bulbs would be used.

“There is nothing under [the carbon emissions reduction target scheme] that means we have to get evidence that bulbs are being used. It’s up to the customer,”
she said.

[The Green religion: it has nothing to do with the environment.]

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