International environmental groups call for early elimination of incandescent lamps

The international environmental organization Greenpeace called on the government Chinese before the early introduction of phasing out the incandescent lamp policy schedule, and advocate the public use of energy-saving lamps more environmentally friendly.

The Lantern Festival is approaching, Greenpeace in Beijing 8, a shopping plaza to the public display of bid farewell to the "old" and usher in the "new" lantern, from the main energy-saving lamp consists of a bull image, compared with incandescent lamps made of mouse, to express the rat ox meaning welcome speech. The group hopes to take this opportunity to call on the government to introduce policies to make incandescent as soon as possible into history.

The day before, Chinese relevant departments are brewing comprehensive incandescent lamp schedule, we will fully support the work of energy-saving emission reduction, and hope that the relevant policies promulgated in 2009, will be fully phased out incandescent lamps in the twelfth five year plan. Greenpeace climate and energy project director Li Ang said.

2007, China's incandescent lamp production 4 billion 440 million, accounting for 1/3 of the world's output, exports of only 2 billion 980 million. It is understood that the traditional incandescent lamp has 95% of the energy is wasted in heating when in use, to achieve the same lighting effect, energy-saving lamps need only the energy required for the incandescent lamp 20%, 10 times and energy-saving lamp life can reach the incandescent lamp.

China is currently the world's largest producer of energy-saving lamps, but the use of energy-saving lamps is still very low. Li Ang said, a very important reason is that the price of energy-saving lamps are very expensive in general 15 to 20 yuan, while the ordinary incandescent lamp, the price was 1 yuan, which caused a lot of energy-saving lamps less developed regions could not promote, want the government to increase financial subsidies to promote energy-saving lamps, reduce energy-saving lamps price.

"If the government can make phasing out the incandescent lamp, not only will be the global reduction of a shot in the arm, shows the China reduction determination and responsible courage. Li Ang said.

Greenpeace is a global environmental organization, with offices in more than and 40 countries and regions in the world.