Bulbs have been marked in lumens for a long time. I have a slightly excessive supply of bulbs from a sale; they are at least two years old. All are marked in lumens, watts, and hours of life. Maybe the new law gives it top billing or moves it to the front panel (mine are mostly on the front panel), or something, but lumens have been there a long time. Some politician tweaked the law and is blowing his horn.
--- On Mon, 7/23/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51790] Re: Mayor Bloomberg Tries to Destroy the Metric System in NYC To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 12:38 PM This expansion has already occurred, for example, in the new 2012 labels for CFL bulbs, which introduce the SI unit lumen, a much more rational way of describing light for practical purposes than the watt. Moreover, the nutrition labels on most products have for a long time been only metric. The only inch-pound units may be found in the Serving line, which always includes the appropriate metric unit as well.
