Ban the Bulb... Really?
While I agree that incandescent and halogen light bulbs should go the way of the dodo, I am once again not surprised that our lazy government missed a better opportunity than just saying you can no longer sell them. Every time I hear about one of these new laws I seem to move a little closer to the right. The Democrats just love to slap our hands and say "NO." But is that really government's job? Seems to me they should educate Americans about the benefits of the newer light technologies and let them make the choice. And of course to help them choose, in true American fashion... slap an idiotic use fee on the sales of those dastardly bulbs. With all the whining and complaining that congress does about the federal deficit you'd think this was a no brainer. No doubt there are those that prefer the old bulbs and will stockpile them best they can before the ban. I remember back in my college days and the cold Chicago winters... it was common to snuggle up to your desk lamp when the landlord provided heat wasn't enough. And sometimes that lamp made its way under your covers before bedtime. Now that you can't get from the new technology. After that there will be some black market sales and large shipments to other countries. Then of course there will be all manner of social endeavors to provide LED and those horrible, ugly CFL bulbs to the poor who will now freeze to death because they have no other source of heat. And for that we can thank Jennifer Granholm, the Secretary of Energy, for taking the easy, authoritarian way.
Terry Ernest - July 28, 2023
Happy Birthday Tyler Shane Cook.
Happy Birthday Tyler Shane Cook.
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