Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb

The Australian Government is planning on making the incandescent light bulb a thing of the past. In three years time, standard light bulbs will no longer be available for sale in the shops in Australia (expect a roaring grey market) and everybody will be forced to switch to more energy efficient Fluorescent bulbs. In this move to try and curb emissions, the incandescent bulb — which converts the majority of used energy to heat rather then light — will be phased out.

Anything that helps conserve energy (and money) sounds like a winner all around, as long as they do as good of a job as the incandescent ones do.

Source: Slashdot