Incandescent bulbs saved by restrictions on incandescent bulbs

posted by John Lampard on Monday, 13 July, 2009 to the technology subset

US government energy efficiency regulations effectively banning the production and sale of incandescent light bulbs from 2012 have ironically saved the old bulbs from obsoleteness, by bringing about a re-working of the old Thomas Edison invention.

The line is not as efficient as compact fluorescent light bulbs, which can use 75 percent less energy than old-style bulbs. But the Energy Saver line is finding favor with consumers who dislike the light from fluorescent bulbs or are bothered by such factors as their slow start-up time and mercury content.

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