Toshiba announced Wednesday it has produced its last major run of incandescent lightbulbs.
The Japanese electronics manufacturer said the phaseout is part of a strategy to ultimately concentrate on LED (light-emitting diode) lighting products, though it will continue to produce certain specialty incandescent bulbs.
Incandescent lighting has been dwindling in use over the last five years in large part to citizen and government phase-out campaigns that include laws for an eventual ban on the sale of the electricity-guzzling light source. Many countries have already passed laws with deadlines looming.
PG&E?s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in background, with a surreal weather front moving in from the Pacific Ocean, as seen from Windy Point, on the Point Buchon Trail, which is south of Montana de Oro State Park in Los Osos, CA. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 5D, Canon 50mm f/1.4 IS Lens handheld.
