Bye Bye Byron

[David Morris]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/business/14light.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON, March 13 — A coalition of industrialists,
environmentalists and energy specialists is banding together to try to
eliminate the incandescent light bulb in about 10 years.

In an agreement to be announced Wednesday, the coalition members,
including Philips Lighting, the largest manufacturer; the Natural
Resources Defense Council; and two efficiency organizations, are
pledging to press for efficiency standards at the local, state and
federal levels. The standards would phase out the ordinary screw-in
bulb, technology that arose around the time of the telegraph and the
steam locomotive, and replace it with compact fluorescents,
light-emitting diodes, halogen devices and other technologies that may
emerge.