Around the world the compact fluorescent bulbs are in the spotlight, making international headlines. From Australia, Tonopah, Nevada, to Bankladash, CFLs have a luminous future.

While many publications credit Australia for being the first country to ban compact fluorescent light bulbs, Archictect Ideas, contends that dictator, Fidel Castro required Cuban citizens to replace the energy sapping incandescent light with the CFL back in 2005.

In November of 2009, Australia announced an official ban against the incandescent bulb. Although the law has been in effect for more than a year, the objective has been to  phase in the CFL, eliminating 800,000 tons of green house gas emission by the year 2012. The province of Canada plans to implement the same ban in 2012, making it the second country to pursuant to Australia.

[Source: http://architectureideas.info/2010/04/lamp-types-cfl-compact-fluorescent-lamp]

In Tonopah, Nevada, the utility company, V Energy distributes a complimentary 12-pack of compact fluorescent bulbs to some 1200 homes. The program which began in 2003 asserts that it has vended and given roughly 10 million CFLs to present date. 

To spur consumer consumption and reduce up to 400 megawatts of electricity per day Bangladesh plans to distribute compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, exchanging the incandescent bulb.

[Source: http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/57928]

Nations are not the only entities imposing stringent stipulations on the compact fluorescent light bulb. In an effort to decrease the magnitude of the carbon emissions expended transporting,  the behemoth, Wal-Mart convinced manufacturers to redesign the packaged consumer goods such as such as DVDs, video games, and compact fluorescent

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