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The Economics of the Daily Mail
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They'll be inferior to the choices you'd have had the previous month but never mind.
I have no objection to the regulations about labelling and having standardised ratings for vacuum cleaners, as that allows users to make a better informed comparison. Fine. The EU has a role to play there imho, as it's a way in which we can work together to make the market more efficient. If you have two A rated vacuum cleaners, one that's 1800W and one that's 1500W then you'll opt for the for the 1500W because either way you're getting an A rated vacuum cleaner, but the one you're getting will cost you less to run.
The problem is that decision is taken away from you when you start banning vacuum cleaners of a certain wattage.
FWIW I reckon the 1600W won't make too much difference, but when it goes down to 900W it'll be more of an issue.
I agree, I also dislike the compulsion bit - suppose for some reason (allergy?) I particularly needed a powerful vacuum. I am happy for the EU to impose a premium price to try and dissuade me but to just not allow me to buy a product that I want to smacks of control freakery.
It is a bit like the light bulbs where eyesight and environmental issues make the policy banning incandescent bulbs dubious. don't forget for any part of the year when the heating is on the 'inefficient' heat generated is actually replacing heat that no longer needs to be produced by another method.I think....0 -
This thread makes me feel a warm, virtuous glow about the fact that I rarely, if ever, hoover anything!
I don't own a hairdryer, either....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »This thread makes me feel a warm, virtuous glow about the fact that I rarely, if ever, hoover anything!
I will confess to the same warm glow.I don't own a hairdryer, either.
:eek:
Steady on....“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Even I own a hair dryer :eek:“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0
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Even I own a hair dryer :eek:
Not me. Don't need one. DW does though.I fill my 3kw kettle and use it to boil the water for cooking in a pan, this being more efficient than boiling the water in the pan. Perhaps someone can try and explain to me how using a 2kw kettle would be more efficient for this....
They're all less efficient than putting a kettle on a gas hob, as gas is a primary fuel. Electric kettles in the UK have automatic off switches which stops excess heating once the boiling point is reached.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0
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