Edie: Energy efficient bulbs use 20% of the energy of traditional bulbs From next year traditional light bulbs are to be phased out of shops in Ireland, the Minister for the Environment has said. John Gormley said the move was to help reduce greenhouse gases as well as cut the energy bills of consumers who were feeling the pinch of the economic crisis. The phasing out of the old style bulbs will be done in a four stage process up until 2012, beginning in March 2009. Bulbs …