tangent4ronpaul
06-09-2011, 04:47 AM
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/environment/2011-05-17-led-lighting_n.htm?csp=obnetwork
The new bulbs will also be expensive — about $50 each — so the development may not prevent consumers from hoarding traditional bulbs.
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To encourage energy efficiency, Congress passed a law in 2007 mandating that bulbs producing 100 watts worth of light meet certain efficiency goals, starting in 2012. Conventional light bulbs don't meet those goals, so the law will prohibit making or importing them. The same rule will start apply to remaining bulbs 40 watts and above in 2014. Since January, California has already banned stores from restocking 100-watt incandescent bulbs.
I smell a fundraising opportunity here... set up at flea markets and I bet we could finance TWO blimps!
What does a couple of semi's full of 100 watt incandescent bulbs run, anyway?
psssst kid - ya wanna buy a light bulb? - yeah, a REAL light bulb!
-t
The new bulbs will also be expensive — about $50 each — so the development may not prevent consumers from hoarding traditional bulbs.
...
To encourage energy efficiency, Congress passed a law in 2007 mandating that bulbs producing 100 watts worth of light meet certain efficiency goals, starting in 2012. Conventional light bulbs don't meet those goals, so the law will prohibit making or importing them. The same rule will start apply to remaining bulbs 40 watts and above in 2014. Since January, California has already banned stores from restocking 100-watt incandescent bulbs.
I smell a fundraising opportunity here... set up at flea markets and I bet we could finance TWO blimps!
What does a couple of semi's full of 100 watt incandescent bulbs run, anyway?
psssst kid - ya wanna buy a light bulb? - yeah, a REAL light bulb!
-t