“Looks like the CFL’s may have had nothing to do with the plant shutting down.”
It has EVERYTHING to do with the plant shutting down, and many others. Around 35,000 jobs have been lost to this idiotic nonsense, and I know some of these folks.
No attorney in America is going to sign off on using Mercury in the workplace. And breaking one of these things requires a HAZMAT response, if you are following EPA regs properly.
This is an environmental time-bomb, brought to you by idiots wanting to “save” the environment.
I'm not convinced.
The news article hasn't convinced me of this. Since this is the last GE incandescant bulb plant in the US, it appears most GE incandesant bulbs are already being manufactured overseas.
As I pointed out, my stash of GE incandescants was manufactured in China and a previous poster noted his were manufactured in Mexico.