Posted on 01/31/2007 8:05:18 AM PST by Jean S
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It may soon be lights out for the traditional light bulb in California.
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, is proposing that the Golden State become the first to ban sales of incandescent light bulbs, by 2012. In their place, Californians could purchase more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps. Those are the spiral-shaped bulbs that cost more upfront but save money and energy over the long haul. Switching light bulbs is an idea that environmentalists have long supported. But getting consumers to embrace change has been slow going.
Banning energy-intensive incandescents "saves consumers money, saves the state money and saves energy," said Levine, who calls his measure the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Act."
But, "when a consumer is standing in a store and they're confronted with two different products, they generally opt for the one that is cheaper and the one they've traditionally bought," he said. "The problem is: The one they think is cheaper is only cheap at that moment in time. The other one is cheaper over the long run."
The compact fluorescent bulbs cost several times more than a traditional bulb, but they last 10 times as long. Replacing just one bulb that's used for four to eight hours a day can save a consumer $4 to $13 a year and $38 to $72 after five years, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
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I really hope this is an 'across the board' banning of incandescents }:-)
Just so I can watch all the car manufactures try to figure out how to retrofit (or even make) compact flourescent that are bright enough and actually fit into the billion little places where incandescent bulbs are in a car!
They wouldn't make such a stupid bill without recoginizing the non-household uses if incandescent, would they?
They want to ban light bulbs now??
Where do they find these people?
Looks like there will be an alternate income stream for the drug smugglers in the People's Republik of Kalifornia. Next on the list:
BUTTER
and for the record - I like CFLs and use them when ever I can in the house. They have gotten much better/brighter in recent years.
No spanking, no incandescents, California is on a roll this year.
What do we do for lights where instant-on is needed (sorry, LEDs aren't there yet)? What do we do for dimmer lights? What do we do for installations where you WANT the heat?
Go ahead, tell your daughter she has to run her Easy Bake Oven off of a 14W CF bulb.
Make them so they don't fit into conventional sockets. That way everyone has to buy new lights. Including the state and cities for street lights.
And what about that historic lamp thats still burning at the Oakland fire station....an original DeFlemming or somesuch from the 1800's.....is Arnie and the environazis going to extinguish this flame of innovation?
And what about that historic lamp thats still burning at the Oakland fire station....an original DeFlemming or somesuch from the 1800's.....is Arnie and the environazis going to extinguish this flame of innovation?
Go to any cattle farm and behind the barn there is a huge pile of them!!!!!
Umm maybe a good job to do in my retirement would be to smuggle light bulbs and shower heads to California.
If I install CFBs in my house and my neigbor doesn't can I sue him for 'second-hand light'?
Really, California is just too weird...
Unfortunately, we're at least halfway down that little slippery slope already.
Compact fluorescents come in different color ranges. You'll probably like the daylight ones, which look a lot better than the yellowish incandescent tinge.
No, consumers go for the light that is pleasing and not that harsh flourescent bulb.
The compacts are only good for industrial use, for the home it is still incandecent.
What next light bulb smuggling for the rich people?
What will photographers do?
What happens when LED lights hit the market?
Is there a Compact Florecent bulb factory in the state?
"You'll probably like the daylight ones, which look a lot better than the yellowish incandescent tinge."
I prefer to think of it as "golden" but I see what you mean, it's good to know there are some nice looking fluorescent lights.
Years ago they used to smuggle magarine into Wisconsin. There might be money in bulb-running!
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