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Vu1 R30 ESL Claire Benoist In October, manufacturing 100-watt incandescent lightbulbs will become illegal under the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act. As part of the same legislation, 60- and 40-watt ones will be banned by 2014. Compact fluorescents (CFLs) are the simplest-to-make replacement but contain the neurotoxin mercury, have a bluish hue, and don't illuminate instantly. The regulations are prompting lighting companies to develop new, environmentally friendly ways to produce light that have none of CFLs' downsides. NOW The Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) bulb, pictured top, produces the soft...
Published By: Popular Science - Wednesday, 22 February
