The curtain is going up on 2012, but it may be difficult to see what's happening on the stage in the new year. A new year always brings along with it a sheaf of new laws and regulations. This year, one of those new regulations may dim our vision of the future.
On Jan. 1, the United States began to officially phase out incandescent light bulbs. In California, the phase out started last year, but now the rest of the country will be squinting along with us. The federal law mandating the phase out was signed in 2007, but didn't take effect until now.
With the start of the new year, 100-watt incandescent bulbs can no longer be manufactured or imported. The phase out will continue in 2013 with the 75-watt bulbs and in 2014 with the 60- and 40-watt bulbs. Stores can continue to sell existing inventory, but the great fade out has begun.
Those of us who love the warm, soft light that emanates from incandescent bulbs may soon have to find ways to bootleg our bulbs into the country. I can imagine a time when the TSA will have bulb-sniffing dogs patrolling the terminals at international airports.
Proponents of the ban point to fluorescent and LED technology as a long-lasting, energy-saving alternative. And clearly, Americans are used to fluorescent lights. The long, thin tubes have illuminated offices, stores and schools for decades, but a fluorescent light source at home just feels different.
Not only does it feel different, it looks different. I often jog in the very early morning. Running past the houses in my neighborhood it's instantly apparent who uses incandescent bulbs and who uses fluorescent. The incandescent bulbs give off a warm, yellow-red glow. The fluorescent bulbs a harsher blue color.
Still, due solely to a dwindling lack of options, we've begun to switch some of the bulbs at our house to the curly little fluorescent bulbs. I don't like them. First, they're expensive.Hottest JDM 12V car LED bulbs, r4onsale accessories such as LED underbody lights, LED fog lights,，brightshine are inexpensive and easy to install, and they're a must-have for night cyclists. Second — and I don't care what anybody says — I can't read as well under their light. They just seem dim.
Proponents admit the compact fluorescent and LED lights are more expensive,We can produce lightingbright,led tube,led downlight according to your ...Buy Best Bike Lights, ledbright, Mountain Bike Lighting Online. but they say their cost over time is less due to the bulb's longevity compared to incandescent bulbs. Well, I know of one incandescent light bulb they'll never outlast.
There is a light bulb in Fire Station 6 in the city of Livermore, Calif.Our Quality LEDs range includes LED Downlights, bluecrystal1 Bulbs, that has been burning for more than 110 years. It is a handblown bulb with a carbon filament. Originally a 60-watt bulb, it now burns at about four watts. But it's still burning.
At four watts it reminds me of the fluorescent bulbs I usually encounter in hotel room bedside lamps. Hotels started making the switch a long time ago, I'm sure in the thought there would be a cost-savings. Well, it doesn't work with me. Hotel rooms are so dimly lit now I turn on absolutely every light in the room trying to brighten the place up a little. And I know one guy who actually travels with his own 100-watt bulb so he's always assured of at least one decent lamp in a hotel room.
On Jan. 1, the United States began to officially phase out incandescent light bulbs. In California, the phase out started last year, but now the rest of the country will be squinting along with us. The federal law mandating the phase out was signed in 2007, but didn't take effect until now.
With the start of the new year, 100-watt incandescent bulbs can no longer be manufactured or imported. The phase out will continue in 2013 with the 75-watt bulbs and in 2014 with the 60- and 40-watt bulbs. Stores can continue to sell existing inventory, but the great fade out has begun.
Those of us who love the warm, soft light that emanates from incandescent bulbs may soon have to find ways to bootleg our bulbs into the country. I can imagine a time when the TSA will have bulb-sniffing dogs patrolling the terminals at international airports.
Proponents of the ban point to fluorescent and LED technology as a long-lasting, energy-saving alternative. And clearly, Americans are used to fluorescent lights. The long, thin tubes have illuminated offices, stores and schools for decades, but a fluorescent light source at home just feels different.
Not only does it feel different, it looks different. I often jog in the very early morning. Running past the houses in my neighborhood it's instantly apparent who uses incandescent bulbs and who uses fluorescent. The incandescent bulbs give off a warm, yellow-red glow. The fluorescent bulbs a harsher blue color.
Still, due solely to a dwindling lack of options, we've begun to switch some of the bulbs at our house to the curly little fluorescent bulbs. I don't like them. First, they're expensive.Hottest JDM 12V car LED bulbs, r4onsale accessories such as LED underbody lights, LED fog lights,，brightshine are inexpensive and easy to install, and they're a must-have for night cyclists. Second — and I don't care what anybody says — I can't read as well under their light. They just seem dim.
Proponents admit the compact fluorescent and LED lights are more expensive,We can produce lightingbright,led tube,led downlight according to your ...Buy Best Bike Lights, ledbright, Mountain Bike Lighting Online. but they say their cost over time is less due to the bulb's longevity compared to incandescent bulbs. Well, I know of one incandescent light bulb they'll never outlast.
There is a light bulb in Fire Station 6 in the city of Livermore, Calif.Our Quality LEDs range includes LED Downlights, bluecrystal1 Bulbs, that has been burning for more than 110 years. It is a handblown bulb with a carbon filament. Originally a 60-watt bulb, it now burns at about four watts. But it's still burning.
At four watts it reminds me of the fluorescent bulbs I usually encounter in hotel room bedside lamps. Hotels started making the switch a long time ago, I'm sure in the thought there would be a cost-savings. Well, it doesn't work with me. Hotel rooms are so dimly lit now I turn on absolutely every light in the room trying to brighten the place up a little. And I know one guy who actually travels with his own 100-watt bulb so he's always assured of at least one decent lamp in a hotel room.
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