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[elettaria]

Incandescent lightbulb to be phased out in favour of energy-saving bulbs

Trust me, it's not a good idea. Energy-saving bulbs are almost always fluorescent, such as strip lighting, which is a particularly harsh form. (LEDs are low-energy and they're starting to appear in bulb form, but they're not bright enough for general use yet. A few have started to appear on eBay, very expensive and sold from Hong Kong, which claim to be bright enough, but when I tried to order one it never showed up.) They're currently used as standard in shops and so forth. They can cause a variety of medical problems ranging from intense visual disturbances to migraine, and particularly affect people with dyslexia, Meares-Irlen Syndrome, autism, Aspergers Syndrome, ME and so forth, though even generally healthy people often find they cause visual problems. I can't go shopping without wearing specialist tinted glasses, usually a hat too, and even so I end up with a headache and generally unable to read. In addition, I need to use dimmer switches for most of the lights in my flat because I get light-sensitive a lot of the time and need to have low light, not to mention the dawn simulator I use for my sleep disorders. None of the energy-saving bulbs currently available can be dimmed.

If they were to develop LED lighting, which incidentally is far lower-energy than fluorescent, this idea might work. Right now it sounds terrible.

In good news, I'm still stuck at home with the relapse, but ghost_of_a_flea has been bringing me lots of DVDs to watch and keeping me supplied with food, not to mention that catnip_junkie cooked me a lovely curry last weekend. Anyway, ghost_of_a_flea and I ended up curled up far too late last night watching the old BBC Narnia miniseries, giggling and snarking all the way through and eating pancakes. 'Twas most therapeutic.

Comments

[ghost-of-a-flea.livejournal.com]

That Ghost of a Flea chap is now feeling the effects of staying up too late and working the next day...

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

Aren't you grateful I talked you out of setting your alarm clock for 7.30, you insane thing, you?

By the way, I've been snooping about IMDb (told you I'm at a loss for reading matter) and apparently they are planning to film all seven of the Narnia films. I suppose they're hoping that they'll have built up enough popularity by the time they get to the tricky ones.