By Steve Portigal at 10:22 am, Friday February 09 2007
I blogged before about the missing-the-point push approach to getting energy-saving but unappealing fluorescent bulbs adopted. Now, a California lawmaker is going to introduce a bill that will ban incandescent bulbs, forcing people to make the switch. Sure, it won’t get very far legislatively, but disappointing to see effort wasted in forcing rather than fixing.
Tags: California, cfl, fluorescent, government, incandescent, legislation, lighting, push
[...] SP: I was reminded of Method; each are focused on creating very desirable solutions and that will appeal even if you don’t care about the eco-benefits. It’s a fantastic application of design and a great example of rethinking a problem. No doubt there are other categories waiting for this. This is why I’ve complained before about the push approach to fluorescent versus incandescent bulbs in the home. [...]
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