The Light Bulb Ban

In the year of 2007, the US gouvernment publish a bill calling for light bulbs to become gradually more efficient beginning in 2012 and ending in 2020, which requires higher standard bulb with more efficient incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescents and LEDs to replace the traditional one.

The higher standard brings significant economic benefits, it helps to save energy and cut pollution; By the year of 2010 higher standard help Amerca reducing 33 coal-fired power plants, saving $12 billion a year for whole nation and $85 for each house, so it highly supportted by the grass.

However, the currect US govrnment may roll back those higher efficiency standards according to the certain political pressure, which some say government need not have interferene in the marketplace. So, would it be rolled back, let’s wait and see!