Ireland yesterday became the first country in the world to ban the traditional lightbulb. Householders will be forced to switch to new long-life low-energy bulbs in 12 months’ time.
New legislation is being introduced banning the sale of the normal incandescent lightbulb from January, 2009.
As the normal lightbulb expires, householders will have to replace them with the more environmentally friendly long-life bulb which uses far less energy.
Consumers will save €185m in electricity costs every year as a result of the measure.
April 20, 2008 at 3:50 pm |
Very interesting. It will make a huge difference. I would guess some will think this is too much government intrusion but it makes sense to me. I am not sure if you really need to say they all have to be replaced in 12 months but stopping the sale of new old_style bulbs seems wise.
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