Lights Out For Old Bulbs?
Tuesday Feb 20, 2007
Could standard light bulbs be banned and people forced to buy eco bulbs?
I saw this article on Google News without even being logged in to give me personal news stories, so this is obviously a "glowing" topic getting lots of press. Here are a few snips from this New Zealand article.
Australia: Making eco bulbs a standard by 2010
California: also moved to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2012 under
a proposed "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb
Act".
The "Eco bulb" claims to use one-fifth of the energy, last up to nine years and save $100 in electricity costs.
New bulbs in homes were already saving 60,000 to 70,000 tonnes of
carbon dioxide a year and "you could add a zero to that if the whole
country switched over".
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As an "early adopter" of compact fluorescent bulbs...