Pretty much temporarily banned in a good part of the world, until somebody invents a better one. Will you be that somebody?
Governments around the world have passed measures to phase out incandescent light bulbs for general lighting in favor of more energy-efficient lighting alternatives. Phase-out regulations effectively ban the manufacture, importation or sale of incandescent light bulbs for general lighting. The regulations would allow sale of future versions of incandescent bulbs if they are sufficiently energy efficient.
Brazil and Venezuela started the controversial phase-out in 2005,[ citation needed] and the European Union, Switzerland, [1] and Australia [2] started to phase them out in 2009. [3] Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have scheduled phase-outs: Argentina, [4] and Russia in 2012, and the United States, Canada, [5] Mexico, Malaysia [6] and South Korea in 2014. [7]
China will ban imports and sales of certain incandescent light bulbs starting October 2012 to encourage the use of alternative lighting sources such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with a 5-year plan of phasing-out incandescent light bulbs over 100 watts starting 1 October 2012, and gradually extend the ban to those over 15 watts on 1 October 2016.
India[ edit]While not a complete ban, the plan was to replace 400 million incandescent light bulbs with CFLs by 2012. The energy savings and resultant carbon emissions savings is expected to be around 55 million tonnes per year. [27]
The states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India have banned the use of incandescent bulbs in government departments, public sector undertakings, various boards, cooperative institutions, local bodies, and institutions running on government aid. [28] [29]
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