On 17 Aug 2009 at 9:40, paul chinnery wrote:
> I think the writer is wrong about the incandescent bulbs, though. There
> going to be around for a long time. I've replaced some of mine, but I still
> like to use the incandescent for reading.
If you want to keep using incandescents, you need to stock up. Already illegal
in the EU, going to be illegal in the US in 3 years or so:
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FAQ: The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It - US News and World Report
December 19, 2007
The incandescent light bulb, one of the most venerable inventions of its
era but deemed too inefficient for our own, will be phased off the U.S.
market beginning in 2012 under the new energy law just approved by
Congress.
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More here with links:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2007/12/19/faq-the-end-of-the-light-bulb-as-we-know-it.html
or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2aeatc
Send Your Light Bulbs To Washington
http://sendyourlightbulbstowashington.wordpress.com/
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