No thanks. I'll stick with the 1/3 priced incandescents.
A couple years ago, before the mandate was to take effect, I went to (gasp) Walmart, and paid $0.88 per box of four incandescent light bulbs. Altogether, I bought about 75 boxes of 100 watt and 75 watt bulbs. So for the price of about six of the newfangled toxic bulbs, I'm set for life and beyond.
re: “The warnings are sobering. You must “leave and seal the room” if one is broken. You must find a recycler who accepts them. Throwing them away can land you in court in some jurisdictions. And convincing evidence is available that they are a real fire hazard when they eventually burn out.”
And you touched on the biggest issue I have with these new bulbs. Even if they are as cost efficient as they say, who is going to dispose of these bulbs the way the instructions say to? The vast majority WILL NOT. They will just toss them into the trash like we’ve always done.
Then, years down the road, we’ll have a new problem with the crap in these bulbs getting into the soil and the water table.