The incandescent light bulb has changed very little since its creation well over a hundred years ago. They are still a glass bulb with a thin filament inside, where it is either a vacuum or has inert gas, an electric current is sent through the filament making it hot enough to produce light. Unfortunately while they are inexpensive to produce they are very inefficient, having roughly 90 percent of the electricity it consumes emitted as heat instead of light and generally lasting only around seven months.
To help cut energy demands as well as cut green house gas emissions worldwide, many countries in the last decade have passed new energy bills to phase out the use of inefficient incandescent bulbs. Some countries started as early as 2005, the EU began phasing the 100 watt bulb out in 2009, you can still use these bulbs but they are no longer sold in the EU. The US is planning to start this in 2012 under an energy billed signed into law by President Bush in 2007 called the Energy Independence and Security Act.
Even though energy efficient bulbs may cost four times as much or more as an incandescent bulb, they last many times longer and usually pay for themselves in just four to five months from the energy saved. There are a number of new energy saving light bulbs out, with the compact fluorescent lamp and the LED lamp being two of the most popular.
While Holiday lights are not in danger of being phased out, why would you want to spend money every year for new bulbs when you could buy LED bulbs that would typically last many years and the savings in your electric bill would typically pay for them in the first year of use!
Why would you want to spend money every year replacing burned out Incandescent Christmas Light bulbs? There are many LED Christmas Lights that will last many years and the savings in your electric bill could pay for them in the first year of use! Check out the different types of LED Mini Christmas Lights, LED C7 Light Sets and even LED C9 Christmas Lights.
