Comment They're Missing The Point (Score 1) 1049
Secondly, I do like the *intent* - to save electricity. But the quality of light from CFL's is bad, and LED's are worse. They flicker, produce less spectrum than cfl's or led's.
Thirdly, when did the term activist envelop the definition of doing what is logically right, what makes sense, and not forcing legislation that doesn't make sense down people's throats?
These new bulbs are bad for people - harmful on a health level. Imagine in 20 years how much more health issues people will have because their babies were exposed to a broken cfl bulb. And the water contamination...
I think a good compromise in all of this would be to switch to halogen bulbs. They won't kill anyone, catch fire, poison water, make us go blind, cause seizures and headaches, look awful like CFL's do, but they would save some electricity and give us the same quality of light. I don't know about you, but I am not going to buy a more expensive, inferior product.
I like the mandate to research and develop new lighting technologies - bu I don't like them throwing this down our throats, making us switch involuntarily. That's not what the United States of America is about. Politicians need to wake up to this fact - no matter what "side" they are on.
If this really bothers you, go to http://freeourlight.org/ and sign the petition.