Banning lightbulbs would be better than this energy labelling travesty

clipped from blog.businessgreen.com For those who missed our April Fool's joke yesterday, the EU is not planning a ban on all light bulbs - it spent the day doing something far more craven and stupid. The move to change the A-G energy labelling system for TVs and household appliances is little short of a disgrace - the kind of spineless decision that explains precisely why so many people are disillusioned with politicians and believe the whole sorry lot of them are in the pocket of old school industry lobbyists. From next year the A-G labels that appear on household appliances such as fridges, freezers, washing machines and TVs and are recognised and understood by 90 per cent of Europeans will be augmented by new "dynamic" labels such as A-20% and A-60% intended to designate how much better than A rated a product is. So anyone entering a shop and purchasing in good faith an appliance with a nice green label and A rating will not have one of the most energy efficient products on the market