Global warming?

[classicman]

I'll jump in on that "source" BigV, My answer is yes and no.
They're all over the place with their "facts."

No the Feds are not outlawing incandescent bulbs. Well, not exactly.
What they did instead was set efficiency regulations that are realistically unachievable with an incandescent bulb. Net effect ... no more incandescent bulbs.

In December 2007, many of these state efforts became moot when the federal government enacted The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which requires all general-purpose light bulbs that produce 310–2600 lumens of light[8] be 30% more energy efficient (similar to current halogen lamps) than current incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The efficiency standards will start with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in January 2014.

Light bulbs outside of this range are exempt from the restrictions. Also exempt are several classes of specialty lights, including appliance lamps, rough service bulbs, 3-way, colored lamps, and plant lights.

By 2020, a second tier of restrictions would become effective, which requires all general-purpose bulbs to produce at least 45 lumens per watt (similar to current CFLs). Exemptions from the Act include reflector flood, 3-way, candelabra, colored, and other specialty bulbs.[31]

via wiki since it has a good basic description of the law.
Here is the actual act in a text format.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by classicman

I'll jump in on that "source" BigV, My answer is yes and no.
They're all over the place with their "facts."

No the Feds are not outlawing incandescent bulbs. Well, not exactly.
What they did instead was set efficiency regulations that are realistically unachievable with an incandescent bulb. Net effect ... no more incandescent bulbs.


via wiki since it has a good basic description of the law.
Here is the actual act in a text format.

Regarding the quality of this source:

What facts are all over the place? The headline is a quote from a news story that they fact check, and then they determine that it is basically a lie. Also, the article linked to also has a link to the actual text of the law. They're going to the source information, about as reliable as I can imagine in a scenario like this "will incandescent bulbs be banned?". They answer emphatically NO.

Would you clarify your position please?