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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
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Apparently, the incandescent bulb has been outright banned in Germany, but one entrepreneur is selling "Heat Balls" for 1.69 Euro a piece.
Heat Balls are a home heating device that screws right into a light socket. They use a tungsten filament inside a glass globe to produce heat with >95% efficiency.
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ROTFLOL
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. A lightbulb
is a much more efficient heater, after all. On the other hand, I understand that even thought the HEATBALL is a 95%-efficient heater, it still wastes 5% of its energy as visible wavelength light. I've seen infrared lightbulbs (used to keep things warm) but I have no idea how efficient those are.
And yes, incandescent bulbs are being
phased out in Europe. Even though many people are protesting, the Wife and I are personally happy about it, since it has made more efficient lighting options available at reasonable prices. Before the ban, halogen incandescent light bulbs (about 20-30% more efficient) were not to be found, and the price of CFLs has dropped 50% in the last 2 years.