I used to be a lava lamp specialist
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In France we got free bulbs that lasted 4 minutes 1 minute each. 
I used to work for Philips and @Flobs if you are consistently burning through multiple led lamps in short time, you might need to check certain things like are you using dimming switches? The voltage in your home might run too high over the 220v (need electrician to check), are the fixtures or spaces where you use the led lamps properly ventilated, overheating can be a problem and lastly, bad fixtures sockets can be a factor too
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No
Thatās more than likely as I live in France and the voltage is 230v also flucuations were a common point of conversation here.
not that one, they dangle from the center of the room and that shouldnāt be a problem!
I manage to live in my house. lol
Itās not the hottest place on earth but in the summer itās quite particular here, is this a common problem in hot countries?
Couldnāt tell you but donāt have problems in general, just phillips LEDs.
I donāt buy anything Phillips anymore, absolute rubbish!
LED lights are very common in Bangladesh. The good ones last a year.
Iāve just had a LED fail in my kitchen this morning. bought three of them (pot lights) 7 years ago. that bulb gets used 8-10hrs a day, every day we are home. itās just now started to flicker when it turns on
I think it might be time to pull the plug on the UNFCCC process to create a narrower and more focused conversation on reducing emissions. No sustainability, no climate justice, no climate finance, no adaptation. Only major emitters, only reductions. No demands on LDCS, but no part in the discussion, at least at this stage. There is no more time to argue about who sits where on the lifeboat.
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I found the following regarding the CO2 produced per 100g of protein to be an eye opener:
Even just swapping your Angus steak for a chicken tikka reduces the amount by an order of magnitude.
Going for a pulse based diet knocks it down by 80% on top of that.
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Thatās is pretty much where my thinking is going as well. We certainly need a new vehicle for change.
And if not I know someone who can install one for you
And to think old 2 Jags used to get peltersā¦
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1729857773960303024?t=ga3wFvl-SHn14y11UNFYiA&s=19
Itās almost as if the three of them canāt stand each otherā¦
Wasnāt one of the RAFās A330s taken out of service and painted in bright colours for this very sort of thing?
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Anyone able to confirm or discount the accuracy of this claim.
Eye opening if accurate.
Not sure if it is precise or not, but looks about right. There is a reason why replacement batteries are an enormous percentage of the vehicle. Lithium is a trace element, even in high value ore types like spodumene the usable ore is characteristically only about 1% of the mass.
That said, Albertaās oil sands produce 1 barrel of oil from about 2.5 tonnes, and need up to 4 barrels of water to do it. That Tesla battery will last at least 5 years, the barrel will produce just 72 liters of petrol.
In the end though, I just donāt think there is enough lithium in the world to allow the Musk dream of electric cars replacing conventional fuel cars on a one-for-one basis, and the costs show that. More and more people who have bought Teslas are realizing that they are a cost treadmill (like @Semmy earlier in this thread). You save a fortune on operating costs, but are locked into a higher capital cost structure.
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I donāt own a Tesla, havenāt only owned 5 vehicles in my life
1973MGB first car
1990 Honda Civic Si
2003 Protege 5
2013 Santa Fe 2.0T
and my 19ft motorhome which runs on LPG.
I generally get about 250,000km per vehicle. If maintained regularly Iāve found it to be the most cost effective way about it. Iām currently trying to figure out what the next car will be, as my wifeās Honda Fit is at 210,000km and I donāt want to buy a new car. too much tech in them.
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Yeah, your model of car ownership of buying, maintaining, and driving them into the ground cannot really work with electric cars unless you are extremely careful. Tesla claims 1500 battery cycles (charge-discharge) , which in theory could get you to about 500 000 km, but real world operators donāt use those cycles that efficiently.
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my next vehicle will probably be early 2010ās again. Iāve purchased a pressure washer so I can wash underneath my vehicle properly now, to get the winter crud off the undercarriage. New cars just have too many failure points, not reliable enough.
ultimately, my householdās carbon footprint comes from the limited amount of mileage we put on our vehicles. last monthās gas bill, we only used $12 in LNG but with the fucking fees and fucking carbon taxes it came to $85. 
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I changed two LED bulbs in the house over the weekend. I havenāt got a clue how long they lasted. I donāt keep a spreadsheet on that sort of thing! I would imagine a long time.
Decided to wait until the new year before adding another car to the family. It will be a new Honda CRV as I quite liked it. The plan is to keep it for a long time. Iām not one for chopping and changing my car all the time.
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LNG? Where are you in BC that you use LNG, not pipeline natural gas?