One of the biggest light bulb makers plans to slow production of
traditional light bulbs. Rebecca Williams reports GE says it’s
responding to consumer demand for light bulbs that are more energy
efficient:
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One of the biggest light bulb makers plans to slow production of
traditional light bulbs. Rebecca Williams reports GE says it’s
responding to consumer demand for light bulbs that are more energy
efficient:
The traditional incandescent light bulb is really inefficient. Just 5
percent of the electricity the bulb uses is converted to light. The
other 95 percent is lost as heat.
Several countries around the world have passed laws requiring the
phase-out of the most wasteful incandescent bulbs. The US Congress is
considering similar laws.
Kim Freeman is a spokesperson for GE Consumer and Industrial. She says
GE is planning to cut back production of the old-fashioned incandescent
bulbs:
“You know, we see incandescents continuing into the future but being
much more energy efficient.”
Freeman says GE plans to make incandescent bulbs four times more
efficient by 2012. That’s nearly as efficient as compact fluorescent
bulbs.
For the Environment Report, I’m Rebecca Williams.