Read more bulbs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5013/bulbs.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 08:24:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30446/eu-will-ban-incandescent-bulbs.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=113843&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401011445' border='0' />The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015."It's clear that incandescent light bulbs will disappear in Europe during the middle of the coming decade," one expert said %u2014 though capacity to produce compact fluorescent bulbs could slow a switch.http://www.newser.com/story/30446/eu-will-ban-incandescent-bulbs.htmlThu, 19 Jun 2008 14:07:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1799/the-battle-of-the-bulbs.htmlJ. Kelman<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=3368&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035305' border='0' />She's from Venus, he's from Mars when it comes to. . . compact fluorescent light bulbs. Right-thinking men everywhere are boldly buying and screwing the environmentally friendly bulbs into sockets all over the house, the Washington Post reports, while women are, in turn, unscrewing them and going back to incandescent.compact fluorescent bulbhttp://www.newser.com/story/1799/the-battle-of-the-bulbs.htmlMon, 30 Apr 2007 14:00:00 CDT