[JasonC]

Indeed, precisely to register my standing contempt for those who take any green nonsense seriously...

[P-40]

They were promoted here long before ‘green’ became the fashion...but just to cut power consumption and delay the construction of new power plants.

[thackney]

But we should not ignore this nonsense when promoted. The results often cost us.

Canada Joins Australia in Banning Incandescent Bulbs: Will California Be Next?

Light bulb ban revise, A proposal to ban incandescent light bulbs by 2016 has been revised by its author, Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Greensboro Democrat.

NY lawmaker wants to ban filament lightbulbs

To answer the earlier question concerning conservatives response, I believe the above actions explain why...