Goodbye 100w, 75w Incandescent Lamps
 

I have noticed a lack of discussion here on one thing that I have seen
in sci.engr.lighting when incandescent lamp bans came up: Taxing them
rather than banning them.

Also discussed in sci.engr.lighting more than in other newsgroups when
incandescent lamp bans get a lot of discussion:

* Not banning or requiring a particular lamp technology, but requiring
performance standards, such as so many lumens per watt.

* Making exemptions for applications where CFLs are less suitable due to
low ontime per year, and/or low opportunity for energy savings because the
incandescent is a low wattage one, and/or for applications where
fluorescents and LEDs won't work well. CFLs and LEDs will generally not
save money or save much energy if used for refrigerator lights. CFLs and
LEDs will have trouble with the heat if used for oven lights.

- Don Klipstein )