Congress has ruled: We must do away with most incandescent light bulbs in the pursuit of “green” living. Here’s yet another exhibit of the fact that federal energy policy is out of touch with reality: A county government in North Carolina (and most likely county governments across the country) is hectoring residents to make treks to official depositories of “potentially dangerous chemicals” — and their fluorescent […]
Bulb ban
CFLs contribute to “everyone must recycle” mantra
Consumer Reports, which actually provides some useful content when it isn’t busy asking for more government intervention in the economy, recently had this to say about the bulbs that our “green” overseers want to replace the faithful incandescent: “Tossing CFLS in the trash isn’t a bright idea; the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury.” Mercury, you say? I imagine that CR was among those calling […]
When Bad Policy is in Plain View
Sometimes the bad effects of a law are hard to see. But at other times, the problem with a law is quite visible and obvious to the naked eye. A few years ago Congress passed and President Bush signed the “Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007,” which, among other things, set in place a phased-in ban on the incandescent bulb in favor of the […]
The CFL game
Like Frank Beckman and Nolan Finley, I’ve been buying extra incandescent lightbulbs in anticipation of the day that I won’t be able to buy them at retail establishments. Isn’t it remarkable that it’s come to this? A simple, cheap, and tremendously useful product will disappear from retail shelves–not because there’s a shortage of an essential ingredient, or because someone has come up with a vastly superior […]
Upton the Bulb Banner
Fred Upton, the Republican responsible for setting in place the impending ban on the incandescent light bulb, is getting more attention, this time from Politico, which notes that his rival for the chairmanship of the House committee with jurisdiction over energy policy is hoping to score some political points. Politico says that Upton, who hails from Michigan’s Sixth district (Kalamazoo/Benton Harbor) has defended the ban, saying […]
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