its fluorescent jeffrey

It's fluorescent, Jeffrey. . .

Jeffrey Simpson on the transition to incandescent light bulbs, in

today's (disastrous New Coke format) Globe and Mail:

The same eyewash describes the ballyhooed switch to incandescent

light bulbs. Today's bulbs give off much more heat than

incandescent ones. That heat has to be made up. From where? From

heat sources. Where do they come from? Energy. What does most

energy use produce? Emissions.

The energy saving from traditional bulbs to incandescent ones is

modest; the net savings for emissions, once new energy requirements

are considered, is very, very modest.

Except, there hasn't been much ballyhoo about the switch to

incandescent light bulbs for about a hundred years. Something for JS

to note in his next year-end mea culpa column.

And while we're focusing on the fine points, it has to be said that

while Mr Simpson is often quite astute in his commentary, his prose

style is often terrible. Let's see this again in the instant replay:

That heat has to be made up. From where? From heat sources. Where

do they come from? Energy.