U.S Congress’ Bill slow switch to efficient light bulb
Congress’ move this weekend to save Thomas Edison’s 131-year-old incandescent light bulb from a federally required phaseout, slated to begin Jan. 1., may slow but not halt the nation’s switch to more efficient lighting.
The Senate and House passed a massive spending bill, which President Obama is expected to sign this week, that includes a measure barring the Department of Energy from enforcing more efficient light bulb rules. Those rules, requiring bulbs use at least 25% less energy, do not ban all incandescents but phase out Edison’s bulbs in favor of the more efficient halogen incandescent, the CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) or LED (light emitting diode.)
The light bulb rules were approved with bipartisan support and signed by President George Bush in 2007. Yet this year, House Republicans and conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh have attacked them as a ban on all incandescents and an infringement on individual rights.
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