Total agreement there. Also, my kingdom for the nice warm glow of a 75 watt incandescent light bulb.
Other countries like China are laughing at us. Our regulators drove the last incandescent manufacturer out of business (believe it was in New Jersey). But they still make them in China, not for our market. I'll buy LED lights but not CFL lights. But neither type provides the warm glow of incandescents. The only solution is multiple lamp strips or chandeliers, populated with multiple lower wattage incandescents which are still available. I inserted multiple light fixtures in the ceiling to obtain the lighting I wanted. Plus I stockpiled incandescent bulbs, but my supply will disappear with time. These stupid regulations hamper free market practices and hurt us not only economically but get us pissed off at government.