LEDs Emerge to Fight Fluorescents

May 10, 2007 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- The light bulb, the symbol of bright ideas, doesn't look like such a great idea anymore, as lawmakers in the U.S. and abroad are talking about banning the century-old technology because of its contribution to global warming.



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