RE: CFL bulbs are just idiocy.
The big question is, if this is so, why are they being foisted upon Americans, BY LAW?
Truly when Congress ( especially a Democratic Congress ) is in session, I just get nervous and begin thinking to myself -— wht kookie idea will they think of next and what lifestyle of mine will be made illegal next?
I agree, light bulb should not be mandated by law. Same deal with toilets. CFLs actually turn your house into a toxic waste site if broken.
It was RINO Bush who signed this crap into law in the first place.
Lobbyists. One thing the anti-capitalist anti-corporate "green" dew-eyed Left doesn't get is that their adamant insistence on forcing their ways & views in fact creates opportunities for well-connected capitalist environment-agnostic cold-hearted corporations to cozy up to legislators and enforce laws that make them gobs of money. The light-bulb industry must be pretty stable and entrenched in incandescents; what better for CFL makers than to encourage passage of a law which bans the competition and forces the wholesale replacement of billions of units at steep profits? The best thing the anti-corporate Left could do for their cause is stop creating high barriers which only deep-pocket companies can cross, and who like the idea of stopping smaller companies cold, with a mere few million in campaign contributions.