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US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012

Posted by timothy on from the arrogance-of-power-switch dept.

Engadget has noted a report in the New York Times that that the US has "passed a law barring stores from selling incandescent light bulbs after 2012. 'Course, the EU and Australia have already decided to ditch the inefficient devices in the not-too-distant future, but a new energy bill signed into law this week throws the US into the aforementioned group. Better grab a pack of the current bulbs while you still can — soon you'll be holding a sliver of history."

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  1. Re:What? by phozz+bare · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's fine, we'll just wait for your hands to melt.

  2. Re:If you use the rigth bulb, they're not bad... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using the same principal, I light my kitchen with only the dull red glow of the electric range elements. It's kind of hard to see and I'm sucking down 10 kilowatts, but they sure do last a long time.

  3. Re:mod parent up. by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bear in mind that (despite all of its evils) Wal-Mart had a sizable role in pushing the CFLs out to a large chunk of the populace.
    Wal-Mart is for cheap hillbillies. Cool people shop at Target.