Bid to ban Incandescent Lightbulbs may have hit a Snag

I have preiously posted about the bid to ban the incandescent lightbulb to stop global warming. It appears as though this may have hit a snag though, you can read about it here.

At a time when fluorescent bulbs are gaining in popularity among global warming activists, politicians and consumers, Brandy Bridges discovered a dark side to energy-efficient lighting.

With Congress and state legislatures considering fluorescent-only legislation, the Prospect, Maine, resident is going against the grain – removing every compact fluorescent bulb from her home just months after installing them as part of a remodeling project.

The decision to take them down was prompted by safety concerns. Earlier, Bridges dropped a fluorescent bulb in her daughter’s room and it shattered, leaving potentially unsafe levels of mercury inside the rug.

As an electrician I know that a fluorescent bulb contains mercury and gasses. I also know that you are supposed to be very careful when handling these tubes. It comes as no surprise that when broken they can be dangerous. I thought this was common knowledge, but by judging the above quote I must be wrong. 

The safety issue could become a central part of the environmental/climate change/energy debate, since Congress and 13 state legislatures are considering proposals that would ban or partially ban the older inefficient incandescent bulbs in favor of efficient fluorescent bulbs that the EPA says use about 75 percent less energy while lasting six times longer.

This whole legislation is totally absurd. Do you need any more proof that the whole global warming debate is just a guise to tax and control every aspect of your life? The government telling you what kind of lightbulbs you can use? This is insane.

Consumers should be able to make a free choice,” he said. “If you want to pay for a longer lasting bulb, that’s fine. But a ban would affect the poor and middle class a lot more.”

Some fluorescent bulbs can cost $5 or more, compared to a regular light bulb that costs under a dollar, Lee noted.

And if incandescent bulbs are banned, Lee wondered, would mercury in fluorescent bulbs become the next target of environmentalists?

“They jump on one hysterical bandwagon issue after another,” he said. “If you banned incandescent bulbs, they would have to create a new boogie man. It’s a never ending cycle of environmental hysteria.”

Free choice? We can’t have that, we are to stupid to do what is right. We need to be told how to live.

The hysterical bandwagon, I love that. It’s just one crisis after another, designed to keep the American people on the edge. To make them feel guilty so they can tax them for their excesses.

Hold on to your wallets.