* Posts by John Lewis

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Brussels: Old-school lightbulbs to be gone by 2012

John Lewis
Stop

Someone please think of the "dimmers"

So how does my dimmer switch work with this crap new technology ?

The suggestions I have seen so far involve cobbled together solutions where the bulbs dim to 4 preset settings by pressing the light switch. Nothing like a retrograde step from my very variable dimmer to adjust the light levels depending on how dark it is outside and how bright the DVD / TV picture is for any given show.

More unnecessary meddling from Brussels - if they are worried about carbon footprints and energy consumption the abolish the EU parliament with all those MEPs jetting in and out and legislate that national governments can only sit for 3 months solid each year then spend the rest of the time sitting "virtually" from their home offices where their constituents can get at them.

Far better idea than caning the average family for expensive, inferior bulbs that don't work with dimmer switches.