[Access] Survey (Revised)

[d. maria]

...and I use incandescent bulbs to keep my plants from freezing in my 
yurt.  Florescent can't do that.  However, I have heard nothing about 
ANY accommodations being made for retaining incandescent bulbs, in any 
limited way.  Does anyone out there have that info?/?  dm
On Feb 23, 2008, at 11:27 AM, David Gilmartin wrote:

> 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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