Lights turn off in the EU

The European Union decided today to stop selling normal 100Watt bulbs by 1 September 2009.
They are starting to replace the usual bulbs by the new energy-saving ones.
They plan to complete the replacing progress by 1 September 2012.

The problem with the energy-saving bulbs is, that they are more expensive than our normal ones. But they have adavantages in the energy consum and endurance.

The EU-parliament thinks that an average household can save 50€ or about 80 CAN $ per year by using the new bulbs.

The old bulbs lost much energy in producing light that is invisible for the human eye. Only 3 % of the applied energy are transferred into our "light". The energy saving bulbs save up to 80% energy.

Other countries who decided or plan to prohibit normal bulbs are Australia, New-Zealand, Cuba and Switzerland.