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Lights Out for Thomas Edison
Publication Date: December 2008
Publisher(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Author(s): Amanda Berg; H. Sterling Burnett
Topic: Energy (Energy research and technology)
Environment (Environmental policy)
Keywords: incandescent; Energy efficiency; Lighting; CFL
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will soon ban the most common light bulbs in the United States. New efficiency standards will require manufacturers to produce incandescent bulbs that use less energy per unit of light produced, starting with 100-watt incandescent bulbs in 2012, down to 40-watt bulbs in 2014. Incandescent bulbs cannot meet these new standards absent a significant technological breakthrough. Thus, the common light bulb will soon be extinct.