[PROCON]

The dimmer switches in my house will not work with fluorescent lights. Al Gore’s insanity has taken control, and is destroying America.

You are absolutely correct!

As an electrical contractor, we do install dimable flourescent lighting in many commercial customer's buildings, but VERY,VERY expensive.

Also, despite recent technological improvememts, ALL flourescent bulbs/tubes contain some mercury, so throwing these new ECO-BULBS into the landfill is just crazy, if your an enviromental whacko.

Stock up on incandescent bulbs, FRiends, it's only going to get worse!!

[FreedomPoster]

While I agree this is idiocy by Congress and the President, I have high hopes that by 2012 that there will be very-highly-efficient LED replacements to eliminate the need for most incandescent lamps and CFLs.

[maine-iac7]

As an electrical contractor, we do install dimable flourescent lighting in many commercial customer's buildings, but VERY,VERY expensive.

What about motion detection lights? they dont' work with them either - and I depend on them inside and my porch light for safety underfoot

Read this insanity - the details of how they must be disposed of - read the 'What if I break..." instructions. Pure insanity and then read the 2nd link about what happened to a lady who DID break one

http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/fluorescent.htm

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http://ellsworthmaine.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7446&Itemid=31

When are we going to stand up and demand this stop NOW - why are we all just nattering about it but accepting it as a faite accompli - we need to start screaming loud and clear right now.

This is such an easy one to totally refute the 'to save energy' mantra...

in this day of all the "GREEN" technology, they're going to mandate these hazard waste products be in every home?

Come on folks, lets not just sit here preaching to the choir - get on the horn!