Bruno@MT
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Before people start dumping on the EU government...
It actually makes good sense to do this, or at least to also mandate the light output.
Because we all 'know' how bright a 60 bulb is. But how does that compare to halogen lamps? or energy friendly iridescent lamps, or?
Those new energy friendly bulbs are a hit over here, but they come with labels like '60 watt equivalent' or similar. So adding scientific notation for light output is just good sense. That way, people will actually know what they are getting. It'll take some time for people to adapt, but that should not be a reason not to do it. We had the same with going from Belgian francs to Euros. Things change. Get over it.
If we were not open to change, we'd still cling to silly things like the empirical measurement system which has no concept of easy conversion between orders of magnitude, rather than having to work with feet, thumbs, knots, inches, hogsheads, gallons and other quaint concepts.
It actually makes good sense to do this, or at least to also mandate the light output.
Because we all 'know' how bright a 60 bulb is. But how does that compare to halogen lamps? or energy friendly iridescent lamps, or?
Those new energy friendly bulbs are a hit over here, but they come with labels like '60 watt equivalent' or similar. So adding scientific notation for light output is just good sense. That way, people will actually know what they are getting. It'll take some time for people to adapt, but that should not be a reason not to do it. We had the same with going from Belgian francs to Euros. Things change. Get over it.
If we were not open to change, we'd still cling to silly things like the empirical measurement system which has no concept of easy conversion between orders of magnitude, rather than having to work with feet, thumbs, knots, inches, hogsheads, gallons and other quaint concepts.