[Access] Survey (Revised)

[David Gilmartin]

In England, which is further into the transition to fluorescents than  
we are, there is a strong minority insisting that, for health reasons,  
some availability of incandescents should be retained. Here, I think  
there would be the same hue and cry. I don't have the figures in front  
of me, but I think surveys of the incidence of electrical sensitivity  
show that about one-percent of the population is electrically  
sensitive. If the US has a population of 300 million, then that would  
be about 3 million folks with electrical sensitivity. That's probably  
enough of a market and enough of a constituency to keep at least some  
incandescent lightbulb production going, IMHO. For the sake of those 3  
million, I hope so.

David

On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:10 PM, d. maria wrote:

> In a year incandescent lighting will be history & not a choice.  dm
>
> On Feb 20, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Robert Kaeser wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>> You and your committee have done a remarkable job here and I would
>> hope our new space would incorporate all of the recommendations.  In
>> fact that should be a priority.
>>
>> I do have one question.  Items 20, 21, and k refer to incandescent
>> lighting vs florescent vs daylight.  Of course daylight, windows, etc
>> are essential for ambience and mood.  The older florescent lights had
>> quite an annoying flicker which has been remedied by using phosphors
>> with longer decay.  Florescent lights are more energy efficient than
>> incandescent as are the metal vapor lights.  What is the advantage of
>> incandescent lighting?
>>
>> Curious bob K
>>
>> At 08:49 PM 2/19/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>>> Here's a final or near-final version of the Accessibility Survey  
>>> we've
>>> been working on. Questions have been reworded, reordered, added, and
>>> taken out. Formatting has been tinkered with. I hope you will all  
>>> give
>>> it a green light for going up on the web site, but if you have any
>>> quibbles, comments, suggestions, or critiques and want them  
>>> considered
>>> before the survey is viewed by the wider world, please let me know
>>> ASAP. Thanks for giving this your time and attention.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> "Science, for its progress, its understanding and so on, depends so
>> much on truth and clarity.  And the question is: Are we living in a
>> society where truth and clarity are an important element of our
>> culture?" --- I. I. Rabi
>>
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