Aussies go with the flo - to ban incandescent bulbs

Australia has taken a ground-breaking step in reducing energy consumption and addressing the “climate change challenge”(global warming). The government has committed to phasing out traditional incandescent light bulbs by the year 2010.

“A normal light bulb is too hot to hold. That heat is wasted and globally represents millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide that needn’t have been emitted into the atmosphere if we had used more efficient forms of lighting … These more efficient lights, such as the compact fluorescent light bulb, use around 20 percent of the electricity to produce the same amount of light.”
– Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Interesting. I wonder if other nations will follow suit. Apparently, similar legislation was proposed in California last month.

Read more - Bright idea? Australia pulls plug on light bulbs.

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