Reply to "Incandescent Bulb Ban - Jan 1, 2014"

Someone close to me has gone hoq wild on these bulbs. Converted their shop to save money and is fascinated at the whole thing. He is now getting headaches from the lights.

Even though the light is illuminating his shop, the full wavelength of light is not there. The real kicker is he can no longer read the fine print on drills or taps. He has to walk outside in natural light to even see them.

I learned a long time ago in my garage with florescent lighting to supplement with some tungsten lighting. Even though it was not brighter it filled in the wavelength of light so much better and you can feel your eyes go "Aahhh".

On top of this the government is subsidizing this light with our money which will be dropped when the ban is fully in place. Energy companies have been pushed to send out packages of lights for tax brakes...meaning we are paying for them.

My daughter brought home a box of lights from school (being shoved down our throats) and of all things, one was busted with all the mercury and what ever else bouncing around in the box.

What is a product? Any product?....what is a can of Mountain Dew?....It is energy. It takes energy to grow the corn, mine the aluminum, shape and produce the product.

What is our choice in a light bulb? It is our choice of energy to spend our money on for what ever reason we chose.

Like I said, we can no longer by a piece of glass and a wire in this country which represents the status of our freedom while China has put a rover on the moon while the rest of the world is laughing at us.