EU to begin phasing out standard lightbulbs

The EU will start making the transition from power-draining lightbulbs to more energy efficient ones Tuesday, the European Commission said.

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CITGO hands out energy efficient light bulbs in US

Venezuela's CITGO Petroleum Corp. is handing out energy efficient light bulbs across the U.S., despite political tensions between the two nations.

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EU Pushes for Energy-Saving Light Bulbs

The European Union is looking to join other parts of the world in efforts to slash energy consumption by pushing for an increased use of energy-saving light bulbs. European leaders agreed Friday to ask the EU's executive arm to work out a plan over the next two years on how to promote the use of energy-saving light bulbs, following the example of Australia, Chile and other countries phasing out incandescent lamps.

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Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average 22% of their brightness over their lifetime, a study has found. In some cases they emit just 60% as much light as traditional models which are being phased out of shops, it says.

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CFL – A ticking time bomb!

CFL or Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are on their way to a monopoly position in the US thanks to a Congressional mandate outlawing the Thomas Edison invented incandescent bulbs by 2012. The exclusive use of CFL was propelled by its advertised-energy saving feature while deliver …

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Michele Bachmann gives a complete interview with WND about what kind of swell person she is. She takes the time to criticize liberals, the president and those that don't think like she does. If God sends a sign to Michelle she will run for president.

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excerpt: ""While Ohio is traditionally thought of once being a center of auto manufacturing, there was such a strong tradition of light-bulb production in the state that the world's largest maker of light bulbs, General Electric, located the headquarters of its light bulb divisi …

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Hundreds of factory staff are being made ill by mercury used in bulbs destined for the West

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Future of lighting looks bright with new invention

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[Excerpt:] - The European Union began the process on Monday of moving away from the incandescent light bulb. But the energy-efficient alternatives may not be all they're cracked up to be. They contain harmful substances and disposal is difficult.

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According to Clean Break, General Electric has dumped all plans for revitalizing their century-old incandescent lightbulb. Instead, it plans to focus on light-emitting diodes (LED) and its organic counterpart — the OLED.

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Ah I love me a good authorship debate

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The dangers of energy-saving compact fluorescents.

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At 107 years and counting, the low-watt wonder with the curlicue carbon filament has been named the planet's longest continuously burning bulb by both Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

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Subsidies will be indirect, with efficient bulbs sold to consumers at a hefty discount and companies reimbursed by the government for the shortfall, the statement said. Individual shoppers will pay half of the price agreed by manufacturers and the government, while businesses wi …

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"Watch out, you're talking to a notorious ex-con." Wrapped in a sharp Middle Georgia twang, Tucker's voice betrays a suppressed smile. The slight, balding, 50-year-old Atlantan is hardly an intimidating figure.

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The right spark between two people can be mind blowing - but for Debbie Wolf it can be bulb blowing. She has startled a few partners for keeping them in the dark about her bedroom antics because it is literally lights out when she is aroused.

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Had Thomas Edison employed the same business strategy as his 21st-Century heirs at General Electric, he would have lobbied Congress to outlaw the candle in 1879 when he perfected and patented the light bulb.

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Experts have found a way to make Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) brighter and use less power than energy efficient light bulbs currently on the market.

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Turn out the lights on traditional incandescent bulbs.

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A little-noticed provision of the energy bill, which is expected to become law, phases out the 125-year-old bulb in the next four to 12 years in favor of a new generation of energy-efficient lights that will cost consumers more but return their investment in a few months. ...

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Take The First Step Towards Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint With Light Bulbs UK!

The first step on the way to making a home carbon neutral is to fit energy saving light bulbs. They use about 25% of the electricity of tungsten filament ordinary bulbs and generally last eight times longer than ordinary bulbs.

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It's a bright idea: Get one of the Senate's biggest skeptics of the causes of global warming to co-sponsor legislation that encourages conservation.

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Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys), the Chair of the Assembly's Utilities and Commerce Committee, plans to introduce legislation - the How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Act - to ban the sale of incandescent light bulbs in California by the year 2012 …

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How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent lightbulb? About $4.28 for the bulb and labor -- unless you break the bulb.

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An Assembly bill introduced this week could mean lights out for traditional light bulbs.

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Compact fluorescents are controversial, and their mercury content is a concern.

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