Foreseeing this idiocy, I have been hoarding the old-fashioned light bulbs—mainly because I detest those horrid-looking, wormy new spiral ones. Another reason is because if the geniuses say I shouldn’t use them anymore, it’s all the more certain I’ll use them until not another single one is available!
To maximize your “hoarding dollars” -
buy only 100 watt bulbs for now.
There is a “phase out” period, starting in 2012, and starting with the 100 watt bulbs, then working its way down to lower wattage bulbs.
(1) About 99% of the energy advantage available from fluorescent lighting was achieved in the past as all large buildings and systems (factories, stores, schools, ....) were converted by 1952. Household lighting use isn't big enough to worry about.
(2) The Avant Garde are already converting the far more efficient, cooler and better looking LED systems.
(3) China itself, the major manufacturer of CFLs, is leaping ahead to LED systems ~ where we, the USA, have all the patents and manufacturing capacity.
There are no other meaningful points to be made. If you want to keep futzing around with incandescents, go to it. I don't care.
I’m with you on those two reasons — they are butt-ugly and I am sick and tired of the State telling me to do ANYTHING. Plastic bags, incandescent bulbs, cholesterol, french fries — I am going whole hog on ALL of them.
Just in spite. It’s my own little one-person Tea Party, every day in every way.
RE: Foreseeing this idiocy, I have been hoarding the old-fashioned light bulbs—mainly because I detest those horrid-looking, wormy new spiral ones
Isn’t there a law that all homes and businesses should replace incandescents by CFL by a certain date? ( I forget when ?).
How would you like some bureaucrat sending you a letter or knocking at your door gently ( or roughly as the case may be ) reminding you that you are breaking the law ?
Not saying that I agree with this, but that a law like this even exists ought to cause people ( including the Tea Party movement ) to go up in arms.
Same here, my husband threw out the nasty curly bulbs and we buy up as many incandescent bulbs we can find.