E-WERK Bicycle Charger

We always like to cover chargers for portable devices since our lives are so tech-heavy, especially on the go. From cell phones and PDAs to laptops and GPS devices, we’re wired for work everywhere we go, and all of this technology requires some sort of energy to keep it going.

There are all sorts of charging technologies on the market today, including solar, wind, fuel cell, and more. But today’s gadget charger is one that uses your own human energy. Attached to your bike as you cycle to work, take a leisurely ride with your kids, or whatever, this E-Werk device is a universal power supply and recharger made by Busch & Muller KG in Germany.

E-WERK Bicycle Charging Tools

With your own muscle power as you ride, the E-Werk will generate up to 16 W of power and recharges as quickly as the average plug-in charger. It weighs about 53 grams and comes with two cables as well as a USB connector so that you can hook it up to almost any device. You can use a stylus that’s mounted at the bottom of the E-Werk to adjust voltage and current so that you can use it to serve a variety of applications. It can be used to power anything from your GPS device, PDA, cell phone, bike lights, music player, and more.

The E-Werk was awarded the esteemed Eurobike Green Award for a product that “exhibits particularly significant ecological and sustainable value.” It will be available for purchase starting in October for £139.

Ever wondered how well those energy meters for tracking your home energy consumption work and which one is the best for your particular home? You don’t have to wonder anymore!

The UK’s Energy Saving Day organization has joined forces with BBC’s former head of comedy (Jon Plowman) to produce a relatively complete review of the most popular energy monitors (including ones like Home Joule, Kill-a-Watt and Wattson) on the market today, and it’s available via YouTube video for anyone to view (in two parts, first part above, second below).

In this somewhat light-hearted look at energy monitors, Plowman walks through a good number of devices available on the consumer market one by one. He talks through how each of them works—where they connect, what they measure, how the display functions, and more—and identifies for each one some of the pros and cons of choosing it. In particular, he talks about cost and granularity of detail, two important factors in any energy monitor purchase.

Regardless of which device you select for your home, you can be guaranteed that you’ll save power every month if you pay attention to the readings. That’s the understanding Energy Saving Day is operating under. They believe that households in the know about their energy use are households with the power to cut their energy consumption.

It’s no surprise, either. If you discover, all of the sudden, that your refrigerator is adding a big load to your energy consumption and do the math to find out how much you’d save with a more efficient model, you’re more likely to replace it with something more power-saving. Their website points out that an energy monitor can help homeowners reduce energy consumption by as much as 10 to 20 percent annually.

Medis Fuel Cell Charger

The small-scale fuel cell gadget chargers that have been talked-up for a couple of years are now finally hitting the consumer market. The Medis Fuel Cell chargers look like they could be a fun, renewable way to power small devices and handheld electronic toys for the green gadget owner.

Made without environmentally-harmful materials like batteries that use heavy metals for energy storage, the direct liquid fuel cell technology used in this device is supposedly green. It’s free of mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium, and other heavy metals and is made with non-ozone-depleting solvents.

Medis Fuel Cell Emergency Kit

The Medis Fuel Cell chargers provide instant-power much like batteries, so you don’t have to wait like you would with a solar charger for the cells to soak up energy. It will power all kinds of small devices, including cell phones, handhelds, radios, and more and comes with hook-ups for standard USB, mini USB, micro USB, Nokia tip, and Palm Treo connectors.

Its other green credentials include PVC-packaging (it’s wrapped in recyclable PET plastic packaging) and RoHS Compliance to meet the touch European environmental standards.

Unfortunately, it’s not all eco-friendly with this particular power-up device because of a couple of environmental downsides. Apparently, it is disposable so has a limited power capacity and will eventually run out of juice. The entire thing needs to be disposed of once it’s spent, including all of those tips and plugs, most of which you likely won’t ever use. But the concept is very interesting! It seems that a longer-life portable solar charger would be a better investment.

Kindle 2 Via Flickr - bfishadow

If you’re a reader and are looking for a way to feed your desire for new literature without consuming the Amazon rainforest, then an electronic reader like Amazon’s Kindle could be a great solution for you. And just in time—it has recently been reduced in price from US$359 to US$299. That’s even more affordable than the original Kindle 1 (the new price is for the Kindle 2—Amazon’s most recent release of their e-reader).

We’ve already talked about the virtues of e-paper: it requires the cutting of no trees, is light on energy consumption, can be used hundreds, if not thousands of times, and more. The reduction in price is great news for green readers.

This move is likely due to the acquisition of E-ink by Prime View International—the two companies responsible for Kindle’s key technologies. Now that they’re working together, the economies of scale are kicking in making it more affordable to produce. However, the sinking economy probably has as much to do with it—a lower price will stimulate sales in a flat economy.

The Kindle is also facing more competition in the e-reader market. The Samsun Papyrus and Fujitsu’s FLEPia are both competing for their market share of the e-reader industry. Although the Papyrus has yet to be released, it is supposed to be an A5-sized e-ink device larger than the Kindle with a touch screen. Speculation is that it will cost about US$300. The FLEPia on the other hand, which could have a pricetag of $1,000, will have a color touch screen and promises to run Windows CE 5.0 so that it can read books in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, TXT, or JPEG format.

Wind turbine Via Flickr - greenforall.org

Many have argued that switching to a renewable energy structure in the short term would really put the economy on the rocks. But a new report put out by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) called Working for the Climate shows that moving to a renewable energy economy while phasing out dirty energies like coal would create 2.7 million new jobs!

Perhaps more surprising than the statistics pointing to new jobs with a renewable energy push (are we surprised?) is the conclusion that continuing with business as usual could actually lead to additional job losses.

We found that under the Energy [R]evolution scenario, there would be an overall increase of around 2 million power sector jobs over 20 years. But if we carry on without measures to make the shift to clean energy, we will see sector-wide job losses – half a million energy supply jobs would disappear between 2010 and 2030.

As one way of proving the stability of the renewable sector, they cite these statistics:

According to the UNEP Report “Global Trends in sustainable Energy Investment 2009”, investment in the sustainable energy market has in some ways defied the global recession growing by around 5%—from  $148 billion in 2007 to around $155 billion in 2008.

These kinds of reports fly in the fact of clean energy deniers who purport that injecting funds into renewable energy will destabilize the economy even more than it already was. In fact, those who have claimed that for every green job created two jobs will be lost, the NREL has this to say:

The analysis by the authors from King Juan Carlos University represents a significant divergence from traditional methodologies used to estimate employment impacts from renewable energy. In fact, the methodology does not reflect an employment impact analysis. Accordingly, the primary conclusion made by the authors – policy support of renewable energy results in net jobs losses – is not supported by their work.

In combination with emissions-savings projects, such as improving building efficiencies and planting forests, the renewable energy sector has tremendous potential to re-employ America and get the country thriving again. And healthier in the process.

Installing solar PV panels Via Flickr - bkusler

Recycling pick-up Via Flickr - vict0r ram0s

Brown Station Road Sanitaroy Landfill Via Flickr - Steve Snodgrass

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Stimulus Bill, as it is commonly known) now includes consumer rebates for ENERGY STAR qualified appliances. Much like the Cash for Clunkers program, this green stimulus program will encourage consumers to trade their old, inefficient appliances in for newer, more energy-saving models. Appliances that will be included in the program are as follows:

• central air conditioners
• heat pumps (air source and geothermal)
• boilers
• furnaces (oil and gas)
• room air conditioners
• clothes washers
• dishwashers
• refrigerators/freezers
• water heaters

The program will be rolled out fully this fall (October 15, 2009) by the Obama administration and will involve $300 million that will be doled out to states that will then devise their own incentive programs for their residents. Rebates for upgrading to more efficient appliances will range anywhere between $50 and $200. It is unknown yet whether these incentives will be made available retroactively for previous purchases.

People are calling this a much-needed shot-in-the-arm for the appliance industry in the US since sales for that sector have flagged over the past year. Business Week put it this way:

The money can’t come soon enough for the home appliance industry, which is mired in an unprecedented sales slump that began when the housing market cooled in 2006. Since then that slump has worsened considerably. Shipments of washers, dryers, refrigerators, and ovens dropped 10% in 2008 and are down 15% through July, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.

According to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, if every California household upgraded to ENERGY STAR appliances with the rebate program, it would result in utility savings upwards of $1.2 billion annually.

WEEE Man in Cornwall Via Flickr - law_keven

Appliance Recycling in Leiston Via Flickr - Adam Tinworth

Wind park in the Baltic Sea near Samso, Denmark Via Flickr - m.prinke

According to a report published by the European Wind Energy Association on September 14, the total installed capacity of offshore wind may leap to 150 gigawatts of energy by 2030.  That could account for 17 percent of the EU’s electricity demand by 2030 if all goes as planned.

Producing renewable energy in the bloc will see a surge in the coming decades due to a new law under the EU that requires that they more than double to 20 percent on average their renewables (wind, solar, biomass, etc) by 2020. This will be a huge leap for offshore wind energy which currently occupies only 0.3 percent of the electricity mix.

European Wind Energy Association - 20 Year Offshore Network Development Master Plan

Additional impetus for renewables will come from an EU legislation that will make fossil fuel usage more expensive. In the EU’s emissions-trading system, the EU hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industry by 20 percent in 2020 compared to 1990 levels.

At present, there are more than 100 gigawatts of offshore wind power installations planned with participation from 15 EU member states.  If these planned wind installations are permitted to move forward, it would allow the EU to avoid 290 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The European Wind Energy Association urged the European Commissions to make the creation of an offshore grid linking the 11 installed and 21 planned installations possible.

VW 1-Litre Concept Car

Volkswagen has been showing off its 1-Liter (also known as the L1) concept car this past week at the car show at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This full-hybrid vehicle, which weighs in at about 838 pounds, hopes to achieve a one liter per 100 kilometers (235 mpg) fuel efficiency.

This full-hybrid vehicle, weighing just 380 kilograms, offers an initial glimpse at how a production version might appear. The CFRP body is a masterful achievement in car making, both technically and visually. Unique on this car are its proportions. While the length of the L1 at 3,813 millimetres is still similar to that of a Volkswagen Fox, and its height of 1,143 millimetres nearly matches that of a Lamborghini Murciélago, the car’s aerodynamically optimised width (1,200 millimetres) has no comparisons in the world of today’s production cars.

Currently, the L1 combines several technologies to achieve such grand fuel savings. It’s got a 10 kW motor, a 7-speed rear-installed DSG, and a 0.8L TDI engine, which is the smallest diesel engine intended for production ever built by Volswagen. It’s also got incredible aerodynamicity and can reach top speeds of 99 mph (160 kph).

CO2 emissions of the 160 km/h L1 are 36 g/km. The TDI, E-motor and 7-speed DSG are installed at the rear; as a unit they represent the most fuel efficient hybrid drive in the world. In the standard “ECO” mode, the 800 cm3 TDI develops a power of 20 kW / 27 PS (at 4,000 rpm); in “Sport” mode – used to reach the car’s top speed, for example – the car’s power increases to 29 kW / 39 PS (at 4,000 rpm). The maximum torque of the TDI is 100 Newton-meter (at 1,900 rpm).

The two-seat monocoque is composed of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) and is accessed not through doors, but by climbing into the L1 from the top. Other interesting features include:

• LED technology for headlights and taillights.
• Completely enclosed underbody.
• Cooling provided via adaptive air channels integrated into the side of the car body which open and close automatically based on the vehicle speed and the hybrid unit’s operating state.
• Completely covered wheels.

VW 1-Litre Concept Car

Toyota Auris HSA Full Hybrid Concept

With 3^rd generation Prius technology under the hood (Hybrid Syndergy Drive), the Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept Car, which will be shown off in Frankfurt at the Motor Show, is the “logical first step in deploying full hybrid technology across Toyota’s entire European model line-up.” The “full hybrid” means that there will be four driving modes; the vehicle can be operated either completely on petroleum fuel, solely on the electric motor, or on a combination of the two. The mode of preference can be selected on-demand by the driver. The fourth mode—ECO mode—will help to maximize fuel efficiency.

Here are some of the highlights:

*  Concept previews new Auris HSD Full Hybrid, Toyota’s first full hybrid mainstream model in Europe

* World debut at the Frankfurt motor show

* Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain, shared with latest generation Prius

* Sub-100g/km CO2 emissions, class-leading combined cycle fuel consumption and 0-62mph acceleration in around 10 seconds

* Detailed exterior styling changes to improve aerodynamic performance

* Extension of on-board solar power technology

* Auris HSD Full Hybrid production model to be built at TMUK’s Burnaston factory

With this new model, Toyota hopes to “shift customer perceptions of hybrid technology” by selling them on the advantages of exceptional fuel efficiency, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and the smooth, practical stylings of this family hatchback.

Toyota Auris HSA Full Hybrid Concept - solar roof panels

The roof will be entirely covered with solar panels that will provide energy for the ventilation system. More solar panels will be installed on the dashboard of the vehicle which should provide enough energy to recharge mobile phones or portable music players in on-board charging trays. Toyota hopes to use solar to also power the battery in future models.

The Auris is scheduled to go on sale in the UK in the second half of 2010.

Wind power generators in Dongfang Via Flickr - drs2biz

That’s the conclusion of a recent report published in Science magazine by Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. China is a coal-loving nation (it’s cheap and plentiful), but the carbon emissions and air pollution resulting from this love affair could become one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions as the country grows along with their demand for energy. Currently, China has the second largest power generating capacity in the world, with a whopping 792.5 gigawatts per year being produced and an anticipated growth of 10 percent every year.

According to the study, which uses meteorological data combined with bidding information and financial restrictions on wind power from the Chinese government, estimate that using wind energy alone, the country could provide enough electricity to meet demands for the nation for 2030! At present, only 0.4 percent of China’s electricity supply comes from wind.

But with the recent (2005) passing of the country’s Renewable Energy Law which provides favourable tax status for alternative energy projects as well as low cost of 7.6 US cents per kilowatt-hour could allow wind energy to surge ahead of fossil fuel energies.

“Wind farms would only need to take up land areas of 0.5 million square kilometers, or regions about three quarters of the size of Texas. The physical footprints of wind turbines would be even smaller, allowing the areas to remain agricultural,” said Xi Lu, Harvard graduate student.

Wind turbines Via Flickr - Leo-seta

To reach this full potential, the Chinese government would have to invest $900 billion over the next twenty years, a cost some consider reasonable for China.

UCS - Climate Change in the United States - Prohibitive Costs of Inaction - Nationwide Projected Temperature Increases

Climate deniers often talk about the cost to businesses and industry that will come as a result of climate legislation, but far too often, they gloss over the costs we’ll endure if we do nothing about climate change. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has recently published a new report, entitled “Climate Change in the United States: The Prohibitive Costs of Inaction,” which gives an overview of 60 studies that focus on the financial consequences of ignoring the problem of global warming.

Costs will be incurred as a result of hurricanes and flooding of greater intensity, rising sea levels, strained water and energy resources, wildfires, human health problems related to a warmer climate (vector-borne diseases, etc), and so on. The bill for these impending environmental problems will be somewhere in the neighborhood of hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century.

Lexi Shultz, deputy director of the Climate Program at UCS, makes this comment:

If we don’t address global warming, you can imagine a cash register going ‘ka-ching’ all across the country.

The report isn’t all doom and gloom. They take pains to point out that it will be much more affordable for us to address climate change now through preventative actions. Although there will be some financial costs to fighting global warming—the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration suggests that in 2020 it will amount to about $10 monthly for the average US household—these will be significantly less than what taxpayers and businesses will have to pay if we ignore the problem.

There are also separate reports for the Southeast, Midwest, and Western states of the US, outlining more thoroughly the local implications of climate change.

Wildfire Via Flickr - DRB62

Hurricane Gustav, Mississippi Via Flickr - au_tiger01

LCD television via Flickr from - William Hook

ENERGY STAR has just finalized an update to the Specifications for Televisions in two versions (4.0 and 5.0) that will require new televisions meet new standards, including:

Challenging On Mode power consumption levels, take steps to ensure a TV is viewed in the mode in which it qualified for ENERGY STAR so consumer savings are realized, and curb energy associated with downloading program guide data.

The new 4.0 requirements will go into effect on May 1, 2010, whereas the 5.0 standards will take effect as of May 1, 2012. With nearly 275 million televisions in the US that consume over 50 billion kWh of electricity annually (nearly 4 percent of the average household energy bill), improvements in this area are much welcomed.

These changes will save the average consumer up to 65 percent because of improved efficiencies over current models on the market. Interesting to note:

After weighing carefully all input specific to the proposed 5.0 requirement, EPA has decided to proceed with a requirement that TVs greater than 50 inches in size meet the same On Mode requirements as a screen of 50 inches – 108 watts.

Old television via Flickr from - dailyinvention

Non-ENERGY STAR model televisions that are larger than 50 inches will, of course, be permitted to use more energy, but this gives the ENERGY STAR models a significant energy savings over other options that will become available.

Another great way to reduce your television-related energy consumption is to watch less TV! Shutting off the tube in favor of other recreational activities is a great way to save energy, reduce your electricity bill, and maybe enjoy the great outdoors!

Peugeot iOn. From Peugeot

Peugeot has recently announced that it will be launching the iOn vehicle—a small car based on Mitsubishi’s iMiEV— by the end of 2010. It is expected to use a lithium-ion battery system that should give it 130 km (80.8 miles) range.

It’s a four-door car that has a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) with a max power output of 47 kW (64 bhp). The batteries are rechargeable in six hours with a conventional 220 V socket. It can also reach 80 percent charged capacity within thirty minutes with their quick charge option.

With the ion, which will be presented to the world for the 1st time at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Peugeot is incorporating the latest automotive edition into its model range.

It also offers an onboard “localized communication unit” that will authorize the emergency call system and transfer data such as distance covered, battery status, and time before maintenance, making it well suited to businesses looking for options for their fleets.

Mitsubishi's i MiEV electric car. From Mitsubishi

Peugeot is a pioneer in the electric vehicle world, having produced 106 EVs between 1995 and 2003 (the most “zero-emissions” cars in the world, they claim). They also plan to produce the Hybrid4, a crossover hybrid that’s set to be released in 2011 (which was showcased at the Paris Motor Show earlier in 2009). It has 4-wheel drive and will have 147 kW (200 bhp) of power. Running in electric only mode from start-up to speeds of 50 kph (31 mph), it will switch to the diesel engine only mode at stable speeds on open roads or highways.

Air conditioner Via Flickr - jeffk

Americans spend an enormous amount of money on cooling their homes every year. To be precise, air conditioners consume more energy than any other appliance in the average American home, accounting for about 16 percent of residential electricity use annually. Finding ways to reduce your cooling energy consumption is therefore a great way to cut energy bills and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, too.

Go AC Green’s Cool-N-Save can purportedly cut your air conditioning bill down by 30 percent and has been featured on sites like Treehugger and shows like Living with Ed. It works by adding mist to the air. Here’s how they describe the process:

Hot air from the condenser unit’s fan raises the flap on the patented Cool-n-Save™ control valve allowing water to flow to the misters that surround the AC unit. When the ultra-fine mist is released into the air, it evaporates almost instantly creating what is known as a “Flash Evaporation,” which literally sucks heat out of the air as water absorbs the energy it needs to evaporate. The result of the immediate evaporation constitutes a substantial drop in ambient temperature without wetness—up to 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

The patented system is supposed to install without tools in five minutes to virtually any regular home air conditioning system. The system can be purchased for about $100, although you may have to also purchase the Cool-N-Save Water Expansion Kit if you have a larger condenser (in excess of 3.5 tons) for an additional $15. Filters are also available to ensure there’s no build-up from hard water.

People are packing their backpacks to head off to school, and so it’s a good time to talk about how you can charge your gadgets and things using the power of the sun. Here’s a run-down of a few great options available from the solar world today.

Solio Charger

Portable Solar with Solio

A standard in any green backpack, the Solio Charger from Solio will charge devices anytime (there’s a battery on board for storing energy) from anywhere.  It’s small and versatile.

Cost: $50

Voltaic Systems Solar Backpack

Solar-powered anything with Volaic Systems Solar Backpack

A favorite with greens for many years, this Voltaic solar backpack can charge nearly any device (comes with 11 standard adaptors) as you walk to work or hike a mountain. There’s also a battery back that will store energy until you need it.

Cost: $249

NovoThink iphone-solar-skin

Sun-powered skin for the iPhone or iPod Touch by NovoThink

Available by the end of September, the NovoThink Solar Surge will make it a whole lot easier for iPhone or the iPod Touch owners to power-up their portables with solar. According to the literature, the Solar Surge will provide 30 minutes of talk time on 3G networks and 60 minutes on 2G networks with just 2 hours of charging in direct sunlight. The battery built into the skin will also hold 120 percent of the iPhone 3G’s capacity, too.

Cost: $70

Brunton SolarRolls

Roll-away solar charging is convenient, compact

The SolarRoll by Brunton is made to be packed pretty much anywhere—in your car, your backpack, or your briefcase—because it’s lightweight and compact. It’ll charge most hand-held devices and comes with three watt capacities for added flexibility.

Cost: $295-$480

SolarGorilla Laptop Charger

High Wattage with SolarGorilla Laptop Charger

From PowerTraveller comes the SolarGorilla, a portable solar charger that’s big on power. It’s compact, fold-up design is rugged and easy to use, and will power most devices, including laptops. Comes with many attachments for maximum usability.

Cost: $276

Traffic Jam Via Flickr - Hamed Saber

Best Workplaces for Commuters estimates that the daily commute wastes 2.3 billion gallons of fuel as people idle in traffic waiting for the way to clear. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, the cost in wasted time and fuel per commuter was approximately $750 in 2007, a total that amounted to $87.2 billion for the US as a whole.

While we like to encourage people to use alternate modes of transportation as much as possible (telecommuting, public transit, bicycling, waling, carpooling, etc.), it’s good news when we find ways to reduce the congestion and get people moving again. We’ve always assumed that GPS is one of those technologies that will cut down on fuel waste and time.

GPS Via Flickr - Jimmy_Joe

And now, according to a new NAVTEQ study published in August of this year (NAVTEQ is in the business of navigation, so these results should be taken with that in mind), traffic-enabled navigation systems will not only save people time, they’ll cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and wasted money. They estimate that portable, wireless navigation systems equipped with real-time traffic information could save the average US driver the equivalent of four days-worth of time (UK drivers save only 2.5 days). That’s because they can avoid traffic jams and therefore spend about 18 percent less time driving than those without navigation systems.

Greenhouse gas emissions also dropped by about 21 percent, or 0.79 metric tons (about 1,700 pounds) according to the study, which was conducted in Germany. In all, the research totalled data from 2,100 individual trips, logging over 20,000 kilometres (12,427 miles) over nearly 500 hours.

Google Maps for mobile

Systems like Google Maps for mobile are also helping, making real-time traffic information for all US cities available on GPS-enabled phones. The easier the daily commute, the better for us all.

Five Chinese sculptors have shaped 100 child-sized ice sculptures to be on display in Beijing as a start to the 100-day countdown until the Copenhagen Climate Summit begins in 100 days. Together with Greenpeace Southeast Asia, this exhibit marks the start of a new campaign—TckTckTck—which is working to shine the spotlight on the importance of action to slow climate change. In particular, it hopes to raise awareness about the environmental injustice that is climate change. read more +

Nanobots may not be a dream of the future anymore, thanks to the researches from institutes in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and Switzerland. These microrobotics specialists have developed three-legged I-SWARM (which stands for intelligent small-world autonomous robots for micro-manipulation) Jasmine bots that are solar-powered, giving them an eco-friendly boost. read more +

Japanese manufacturers are joining forces in a $21 billion project to collect and beam energy from space to earth. Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp, along with 14 other entities in the research group, have invested heavily in a giant solar-power generator project that they’re aiming to complete in the next 30 years. read more +

Starting today, Europeans will have a near impossible time finding incandescent light bulbs in the local grocery, drug store, or home improvement store. That’s because today is the day the European Union put their incandescent light bulb ban into action. Although retailers are permitted to sell what remaining incandescent bulbs they have in stock until they’re all gone, they are no longer to purchase incandescents to put on sale in their stores. read more +