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Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

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Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

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Thomas Edison's pioneering incandescent light bulb, which cast illumination by heating a filament until it glowed, is fading into history.

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That was true several years ago. Now, LEDs are far more cost efficient.

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