Philobiblon

Over on Comment is Free I’ve a piece on the Australian decision to ban incandescent light bulbs – you might think I’d be simply in favour, since it is said it will eventually save 1% of national electricity use. But there are issues – one this is no replacement for more substantive, bigger action on say, the coal industry, and two, the fact that some people may be simply unable to afford the bulbs, and find themselves having to choose between light and food.