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Incandescent bulbs are phased out
Old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs are going.
OLD-FASHIONED incandescent light bulbs are going.
This summer, 60 and 40 watt ones were taken off the market and 25 watt ones will go by the end of the year.
They are inefficient, with only five per cent of their energy making light, the rest producing heat.