100 WATT Edison Light bulb dimmed 2012 USA

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Congress this week passed legislation designed to boost
energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The measure raises fuel-efficiency for passenger vehicles
to 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2020, up from 25 miles mpg
now (the first such increase since 1975) and

phases out 100-watt incandescent light bulbs by 2012.

It also mandates that companies manufacture more energy
efficient appliances, slap labels on TVs and computers
specifying their energy consumption, and requires gasoline
producers to quintuple the amount of ethanol and other
biofuels in the fuel supply to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the 822-page bill, which
passed after Democrats agreed to strip out a $21 billion tax
increase to avoid a presidential veto, is expected to shave
the nation's energy consumption by an estimated 7 percent and
cut carbon dioxide emissions by 9 percent by 2030.

source: Los Angelos Times