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| California legislator set to introduce new bill to ban incandescent light bulbs |
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A California legislator is prepared to place before the state legislature a bill that would ban the use of incandescent light bulbs.
The ¡°How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light bulb Act¡±, which has been drafted by California Assemblyman, Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, would ban the use of incandescent light bulbs by 2012.
¡°Incandescent light bulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago,¡± said Levine. ¡°And since that time, they have undergone no major modifications.¡±
¡°Meanwhile, they remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light,¡± said Levine.
The bill is aimed at the amount of pollutants produced by the kilowatt hour that make that light available.
California is the first state to madate a 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
Sponsors of the bill recommend that consumers switch to energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), which in 2005 only accounted for 5 percent of the 2 billion dollar light bulb market.
¡°They save money and energy,¡± said EPA spokeswoman, Enesta Jones. ¡°They are more convenient than other alternatives and come in different sizes and shapes to fit almost any fixture.¡±
A 20 watt CLF provides as much light as a traditional 75 watt incandescent bulb.
¡°Obviously we¡¯re not going to have police going into 7-11s, searching for light bulbs,¡± said Edward Randolph, chief counsel to the Assembly Utility and Commerce Committee for Levine.
¡°There are only a few producers of incandescent bulbs out there, and they won¡¯t be permitted to sell in California,¡± said Randolph, who envisions no incandescent light bulb black market.
¡°LED (light emitting diode) and Halogen lights will still be alright,¡± said Randolph.
¡°Incandescent lights are extremely inefficient, and they are ultimately responsible for over 20 percent of the total CO2 emissions in the US,¡± said Eco-LEDs founder Mike Adams, an advocate of LED-sourced lighting. ¡°Cleaner, greener and more energy efficient technology exists right now; it¡¯s called LED lighting,¡± said Adams.
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