Am I mistaken or isn't their certain neurological conditions where use of fluorescent lights can induce seizures in certain individuals??
If so, it would seem that Democrates may be discriminating against the disabled.
Yes, I had a colleague who had to disable the lights in his office and use a couple of incandescent lamps he plugged in. Otherwise the lighting made him ill.
We use nothing but energy saving bulbs in our house, but I would really resent having the government force this on us. One thing for certain is that it will adversely impact the market and probably end up making the new bulbs more expensive. Moreover, it will take away the incentive to keep improving them, which they have been doing up to now.
Remember when AT&T had a monopoly on telephones, and either you used their phones or you lumped it? Needless to say, there was not a lot of innovation going on in new phone products, despite Bell Labs.
They give me a headache!
I used to get dizzy spells when I'd walk into a Walmart with bright lights. It was very strange.