I guess the bright side (I always intend my puns) to this is that our lovely incandescent Christmas lights didn't get banned.
In March, the European Commission adopted a new regulation to gradually phase out all incandescent light bulbs and inefficient halogens between 1 September and 2012. The ban was intended to help ...
Incandescent ... seeking out bulbs on places such as Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, and eBay. "I think I must have contacted everyone who sells light bulbs within 250 miles of me," Szmyd ...