Australia pulls plug on old bulbs (BBC) {BANNING incandescents!}

[eppur_se_muova]

Australia has announced plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs.

The environment minister said the move could cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tonnes by 2012.

"It's a little thing but it's a massive change," Malcolm Turnbull said.

The decision will make Australia the first country to ban the light bulbs, although the idea has also been proposed in the US state of California.
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"If the whole world switches to these bulbs today, we would reduce our consumption of electricity by an amount equal to five times Australia's annual consumption of electricity," he said.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6378161.stm

http://www.banthebulb.org link added on edit

[phantom power]

1. I'm waiting for Howard to make an impassioned speech in defense of the incandescent bulb industry.

[derby378]

2. Hasn't California done the same thing already?

:shrug:

[Double T]

3. Great idea............

wonder how many decades it will be before the USA follows the energy conservation nation's leaders??