Correct George Bush passed federal legislation requieing higher efficancy lighting products, In order to save the consumer on the cost of energy. Yet the statment that incandesant bulbs are or will be out lawed is pure horse hocky. Most new incandescent will now be of a Halogen incandescant type. You know, just like most of use on our calssic cars.
Here are some facts.
The media has promoted a narrative that the Federal government is “banning the bulb,” and forcing people to use compact fluorescent lamps. This is not true. The incandescent light source has not been banned, only asked to become more efficient.
Consider that the average incandescent lamp produces far more heat than usable light. In fact, only about 10 percent of an incandescent’s electrical input is useful light output. The rest is dissipated as heat.
As today’s 40-100W incandescent lamps are removed from the market, consumers will have several choices of light sources to fill their sockets.
One offering is the energy-saving halogen incandescent screw-in lamp, which offers about 30% energy savings while providing the same high color rendering, easy dimming, and a similar shape as today’s incandescent bulbs. Examples include the Philips Halogená Energy Saver, Sylvania Halogen SuperSaver, GE and Bulbrite’s A19 lamps, and TCP’s Sustainabulb.
Source:
http://www.ieslightlogic.org/lighting-news-events/congresss-incandescent-bulb-ban-is-no-ban/
In addition to those you will still have the choices of Flourescent, Compact Florescent, LED and so on.
The following is a list of incandescant not affected at all.
Bulb types
NOT affected
by the new
law include:
• Appliance• Blacklight;• Bug• Colored;• Infrared;• Left-hand thread;• Marine and marine signal service;• Mine service;• Plant;
• Reflector;• Rough service;• Shatter-resistant,shatter-proof, and shatter-protected;• Sign service;• Silver bowl,• Showcase,
• 3-way;• Traffic signal;• Vibration service;• G-shape with a
diameter of 5 inches or more;• T-shape bulb of 40watts or less and a length of greater than 10 inches; and• B, BA, CA, F,G16-1/2, G25, G30,S or M14 shaped bulbs of ≤ 40
watts.
This is another excellent read, with real facts and all. This pdf is from Sylvenia the folks who know, the folks who.
http://ceolas.net/Docs/Osram_Sylvania_rules_USA_Ban.pdf
Rather that the mindless dribble peddeled by the likes of breitbart and fox.
