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| Xena E:
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on April 07, 2023, 07:19:20 pm --- --- Quote from: Xena E on April 07, 2023, 07:07:27 pm ---Making incandescent lamps ... perhaps just stockpile them while you have the chance... unless, you need a new hobby. --- End quote --- That's what I did in 2013 when the government here announced the phase out of 100W incandescents for 2014. Most of them are still in their original boxes in my basement. ::) --- End quote --- :-+ |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 07, 2023, 06:52:27 pm ---Well, this Thread went off track. Want to get back to: How-to-make-incandescent-bulbs-at-home?* *Either from scratch, or by finding/retrofitting other sources of incandescent bulbs. --- End quote --- Making incandescent bulbs in small numbers is pretty easy. You won't achieve the low cost of high volume manufacture, but it doesn't take any advanced processes or expensive equipment. Just basic glass blowing, some tungsten wire and a tank of inert gas. You can find instructions for achieving gas tight seals around the leadout wires in a number of places. |
| Simon:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on April 07, 2023, 06:45:38 pm --- I'm all for conservation and not polluting the planet, but the scare stories are bogus. People want power and manufacturing crises, is a great opportunity to grab more. The last three years has taught me to be very sceptical of "the science" because it's been we've been manipulated and lied to so much by the authorities and mainstream media. Political activism has infected many academic institutions it's difficult to know fact from fiction. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those who thinks anthropogenic climate change is a conspiracy theory, but it's not as bad as the authorities lead is to believe. --- End quote --- You mention "the science" once and you did not mean actual science. What the last 3 years taught us is that we cannot trust "the authorities" or "main stream media", well we sort of knew that already. It was also clear that over the last 3 years there was a battle of politicians wanting the science to say what they wanted it to while the scientists tried to keep their jobs. Scientists don't actually make the decisions, politicians do on their advice. Have you ever tried advising a non technical senior to do something they don't really want to do or that will cost a lot for their department or whatever? that was the story of my last job and even in this current job I can only advise, it is for the salesmen to decide what they want even if it is flying unicorns. The next problem you have is people, they are just dumb stupid people that are under the illusion that scientists are some sort of all seeing beings and that they should have known anything that comes to light with "hindsight". Most of the reasons for not pursuing a policy are about the abstract concept of economics. That system that allows people with money to stay that way and those without to just survive without and nothing must change or those that don't want to pay have to and those that can't afford it get to have it. It's job is not to solve any other problem other than maintain the status quo and keep the people who can make some real noise happy. This is generally the big decider behind any "political" decision, nothing to do with actual science. There are plenty of things we can do differently, just differently, but people don't want to, people don't like change. People still think that electric cars are slow...... Is there a reason in 2023 why people should believe such a fallacy other than - because they want to because it justifies their resistance to change- ? I'm not asking them to buy one, just to stop being ignorant. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on April 07, 2023, 06:45:38 pm ---The last three years has taught me to be very sceptical of "the science" because it's been we've been manipulated and lied to so much by the authorities and mainstream media. --- End quote --- As soon as someone says "the science" its highly unlikely anything further that they say will be of any value. Science is a process, not a thing. Follow the process and you understand more. Follow "the science" and you are being manipulated. |
| Gyro:
--- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 07, 2023, 06:52:27 pm ---Well, this Thread went off track. Want to get back to: How-to-make-incandescent-bulbs-at-home?* *Either from scratch, or by finding/retrofitting other sources of incandescent bulbs. --- End quote --- From your OP, your question (without the political crap) was... --- Quote ---So the question(s): How do I get regular lights for vehicle? -Smuggle them somehow? -How hard would it be to home-make a bulb? --- End quote --- We already established from actually reading the government document (Reply #50) that it has absolutely nothing to do with vehicle lights. Case solved. |
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