I have never heard anyone discuss the stupidity of putting an expensive PFC (Poison-Filled Curlicue) or LED bulb in a closet that gets opened once or twice a day (or less frequently) for a couple of minutes. Yet, when all Edison bulbs are banned, people will be forced to do this. And how about the 40-watt bulbs used in ovens and refrigerators? These are also used for only minutes or seconds at a time. And no PFC or LED bulb can survive at all in an oven.
Oh. I forgot. Obama is going to ban stoves that use Edison bulbs, anyway.
BTW: Need light in your microwave? Just put an Edison bulb in there next to your coffee. It’s fun!
There is or was an enterprising individual in Germany selling incandescent lightbulbs as heaters - therefore making them apparently legal.
It’s going to be a LONG time before LED bulbs work in all of the temperature extremes that an incandescent bulb will work in. CFL’s? Forget it.