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Article: California mulls bill to ban sale of incandescent light bulbs.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2007
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Byline: Kate Folmar
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 ...