California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 1/30/07 | Bernie Woodall

[NormsRevenge]

Like a bunch of nuts on steroids,, They never rest,,

[relictele]

Thomas Edison to California: GET STUFFED!

[zarf]

So what's going to go off when a person gets a great idea?

[RebelBanker]

Are you SURE this wasn't from The Onion?

[dudewheresmytank]

remember last time they helped us by regulating household items in the name of the enviroment? my toilet won't stop clogging

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The state is going bankrupt, businesses and legal citizens are leaving in droves, and lawmakers are working on banning light bulbs. Marvelous.

[msnimje]

So what's going to go off when a person gets a great idea?

My son thought a candle popped up over the head before the invention of light bulbs.

[Ramius]

The new CF bulbs are much better than before, and they really do work well. I've put a bunch of them in my house in various places. And they're *very* economical.

As such, they'll gain in popularity and be used more and more without dumb laws like this. There are some places that an incandescent bulb is still the only real choice(dimmers, for example).

Dumb law.

[Jack Black]

The movie industry, perhaps the last world dominating industry in California, should particularly appreciate this. As far as I know there are no non-incandescent lamps useful for film. For that matter even still flash's are incandescent - bye bye evening photography in Cali.

[D.P.Roberts]

Follow the money.

[elkfersupper]

Secession of a state has been discussed on Free Republic as a solution to a number of problems.

It's always been presented as a voluntary effort.

Can the rest of us force California to secede?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012

Geez o pete! Why?

Conventional light bulbs are going away on their own. I have gradually been replacing them in my house and so have other people. They sure make the light bill drop.

Just leave it alone.

[dalereed]

I agree with Edison!

I'll stock up with a lifetime supply of regular light bulbs, the flourescent ones give off crappy light.

I tried a few of them and threw them away.

[dirtboy]

"How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act"

I would change it to "How Many Legislators are Dimbulbs Act".

[rovenstinez]

Maybe candles will come back. The idea of going to bed early, shutting off the lights in parking lot´s might increase the population in California.

[Dog Gone]

I'm looking forward to returning to California to visit my parents next Christmas and seeing all the fluorescent Christmas lights on the tree.

[ExtremeUnction]

..would ban incandescent light bulbs by 2012..

California and the world gone insane.

[BlazingArizona]

Why should this surprise anyone? Since the People's Republic banned new electrical generation years ago, it was only a matter of time before a matching ban on new usage.

[b4its2late]

Then on the east coast by 2017.....