Edison's Light Bulb Could Be Endangered

Jack Stanley, curator of the Edison Museum in Edison, N.J., holds a large light bulb next to a bust of inventor Thomas A. Edison at the museum Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. The curator of the museum that celebrates Edison's role in perfecting the light bulb in the late 19th century is aware of a California legislator's recent attempt to ban it in favor of a more-efficient fluorescent variety. But Stanley says the benefits of incandescent light far out weigh the drawbacks. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

(AP) -- One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, perfected for mass use by Thomas A. Edison in the late 19th century, is being supplanted by fluorescent lighting that is more efficient and longer lasting.

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