By the way!

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Since 2014, the government wants to completely ban incandescent light bulbs. This will be more economical for the country.

But for some reason, in our economy, everything is always turned upside down. And in every such call “Give!” I just want to see the long arms of the lobbyists. Why did we suddenly decide so suddenly to save on these familiar light bulbs? Because this is how it is accepted in the world. But here are the simple numbers. The population of the country, to whom these new light bulbs are being actively sold, consumes only 8-10% of all electricity in Russia. That is, if everyone switches to the new standard, and even in the villages they fork out for a Western miracle, you still won’t save much with such a volume of consumption. And the president wanted to save as much as 40%!

More to come. “Burying” “Ilyich’s light bulb,” as experts have calculated, will cost 100 billion rubles. Apparently, our deficit budget will be able to cope with this. Although there is clearly no reason to rush into the “funeral” in such a hurry.

Third. In Russia, new light bulbs are not produced. This means that those enterprises that currently make incandescent lamps will close. But whether they will be repurposed for the production of more economical lamps is another question. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, however, said that we will establish our production, and then the economy miracle will become cheaper. But given the realities of today's Russia, when it is considered: why produce your own (TVs, refrigerators, cars, etc.), when imported goods seem to be better, and it is easier to buy from them - with such sentiments, it is difficult to believe in the prospect drawn by the minister. Both the prospect of new production and the prospect of cheaper light bulbs of the new type.

But this is not the main problem. Experts have calculated that the main losses of electricity occur during energy transmission and at industrial enterprises. This is where you should start saving in the first place. But when will they get around to it? It is not profitable for enterprises to modernize - it is too expensive (it would be better, apparently, to spend the dividends on yachts and mansions). So they use energy the old fashioned way - they get it cheap, they are not used to saving, and spending money on energy-saving technologies is a toad's death.

As for the transmission and generation of energy, everything is exactly the same as in enterprises. The equipment is wasteful and old. But there’s no way to invest in something new. If you believe the experts (and there is no reason not to believe them), losses in our networks range from 10% to 12% (in the USA, for comparison, 8-6%), but this is on average, since, say, in the North Caucasus, losses amount to 50%. In generation, to improve energy efficiency, it is necessary to develop alternative renewable sources, as well as modernize generating equipment.

Experts point to the West, where they use new expander units at stations with high gas consumption. The efficiency of such equipment reaches 80%. And our traditional equipment has an efficiency of 38%. This would be a great place for those who love to save money! Especially when you consider that in the fat oil years they could well be engaged in re-equipment. But apparently they didn’t have enough time for this. Were busy with more important things. So, probably, as usual, everything will again fall on the shoulders of citizens. And with terrible force we will create a powerful effect of saving electrical energy on our 8% of consumption. One must justify the loud slogan...