Traditional lightbulbs set to vanish from Calif. stores
By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee
Traditional incandescent lightbulbs are about to start going dark in California.
The old-fashioned bulbs are expected to start disappearing from hardware and home-improvement store shelves beginning Jan. 1, when ambitious energy-efficiency regulations are scheduled to take effect across the state.
Although bulb manufacturers are trying to get a court order preventing the regulations from kicking in, it looks like consumers will soon be left to choose between light-emitting diode bulbs (LEDs) or those oddly shaped, compact fluorescent lights.
