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The venerable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb" title="Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" target="_blank">incandescent light bulb</a> has now been <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&ei=-CwsSrffEpHMjAe5m4neCg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=incandescent+light+bulb+ban&spell=1" title="Google" target="_blank">banned</a> in many countries in the west. The reasoning behind this ban was that the bulbs are ‘inefficient’, and that removing them from use will save energy and reduce the amount of ‘carbon’ that is released into the atmosphere by the people who use them.