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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:mod parent up. by BVis · · Score: 0, Troll

    Could you define 'true, rational human behavior' in this context for me?

    And by "price" being the biggest factor in any economics, are you defining price as 'purchase price' or as 'total cost over the useful lifetime of the product'?

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