Tongue in cheek (I remember having dozens of childhood cuts treated with Mercurochrome and lots of fun playing with globules of mercury with friends) but have you purchased an environmental hazard suit for each member of your family with the savings? According to the same EPA which fostered the banning of the crown jewel in Mr. Edison's crown, you'll need them if one those bulbs breaks by accident indoors.
Of course, you could also just evacuate your family from your home for a few hours as the windows are opened to ventilate and you reenter to carefully clean the toxic spill (no vacuum allowed - it would spread the deadly micro debris).
Fortunately, I live near enough to the Canadian border to pay a quick call on an Ikea or Wally World and stock up on the real thing. But where to conceal the contraband through customs? Don't you love how our government is working so hard to make all of us criminals?
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
- - Atlas Shrugged
Nah. For some reason I like the color better than incandescent bulbs. I am shocked at times with respect to government priorities. The country is imploding and all they want to do is smack people around over light bulbs.