You knew this was coming ... right?

[Woolly Bugger]

The brightest bulb in most homes for more than a century is fading toward darkness this year as California turns out the light on the century-old incandescent.

Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year.

Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb and stores will eventually sell out of current supplies. Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs that use no more than 72 watts, including halogen incandescents, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/23/national/a090102S95.DTL#ixzz1BtRtEp3x

[rjs123]

When all we have to choose from are the florescent bulbs it will be good for the housing industry.  Think of all the houses that will burn down and have to be rebuilt when the ballasts flame up like the one pictured below. 

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