new light bulb law speech

[ADT knights]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/75548.html

 

[leftsock]

Once Again, a Government ‘Improvement’ Makes Things Exponentially Worse LewRockwell.com Blog

FTFY

 

[leftsock]

Solution?
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[Ramen]

That was a funny speech. I enjoyed it. I use CFLs almost exclusively because of the long term money savings. I also hate this law. Our government has no place telling anyone which light bulb they should use.

 

[edporch]

There are still places where a suitable replacement to incandescent bulbs isn't available.

Government mandate aside, CFL's are toxic and it's never made sense to me how these are supposedly a "green" solution to lighting?
At best I think in the long run, that CFL's are not here to stay and are more or less an interim "solution".

LED lighting from what I see has much LESS toxicity, is coming online and prices are dropping steadily.

I bought my first LED bulb some months ago to test and I do like them much better than the CFL's I've VOLUNTARILY used for many years.
It even fits into a lamp I use often that a CFL bulb's base was too big to fit.

I'm for encouraging the VOLUNTARY change (i.e. let FREE market forces work) to more efficient non-toxic lighting, but AGAINST any kind of mandate.