A Global Cartel Created The Modern Incandescent Light Bulb, Which Is Now Banned
Say goodby to the good old days of the ordinary household incandescent light bulb, which required frequent changes, leading to risk of injury.
Say goodby to the good old days of the ordinary household incandescent light bulb, which required frequent changes, leading to risk of injury.
With the rollback of energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, Americans can finally enjoy the freedom to make their own decisions about…light bulbs.
Damn the light bulb wars, full speed ahead: Energy Department rounds up $11 million in new funding for LED and OLED energy efficient lighting.
The next-generation low costs LED from Philips uses 85% less electricity and can switch from a warm glow to a soft white light matching traditional bulbs.
At less than $8 per shot, Cree’s new low cost LED light bulbs coax warm, soft light from cold, hard technology (and they’re shatter-resistant, too).
When the SWITCH Lighting Co. asked us to review their infinia LED bulb we expected something special and it did not disappoint. The award winning company touts a proprietary liquid silicon cooling system in each bulb, which we discovered for ourselves works really well. We’ve been following SWITCH for a … [continued]
As far as the US Department of Defense is concerned, climate change is a done deal, but you wouldn’t know that if you were wandering the halls of Congress the other day. Instead of legislating national policy in the interests of a strong national defense, the usual suspects were hard … [continued]
A new survey of consumer attitudes toward household lighting is out, and the timing is perfect. On New Year’s Day the next phase of a federal law will ban the manufacture and import of 40 and 60 watt light bulbs that don’t meet new energy efficiency standards. So, if you’re … [continued]
The federally mandated phaseout of inefficient light bulbs will enter its final stage on January 1, and so far all is eerily quiet on the light bulb battlefield. You might recall that the initial stage of the phaseout began in 2012, accompanied by a thunderous volley of complaints by conservative … [continued]
Hold on to your seat belts, the light bulb wars have just blown up again. Light bulbs, as you may recall, have become a perennial excuse for certain federal legislators to whip up the conservative base, by railing again new federal energy efficiency standards. The new standards have already prompted … [continued]