[DB]

The government shouldn’t interfere. Let people decide what best works for them.

The article is in error when they say it is a tax on poor people to use CFLs. The cost of the energy saved over the life of a typical CFL more than offsets the additional initial cost of the CFL. The overall savings is usually more than double the cost of the CFL. So if you’re poor, using CFL’s will make you a little less poor.

[Dallas59]

The government shouldn't’t interfere. Let people decide what best works for them.

You must be a Conservative!

[x_plus_one]

The article is in error when they say it is a tax on poor people to use CFLs. The cost of the energy saved over the life

2 dollars a bulb is more than I can afford today.

[Kay Ludlow]

So if you’re poor, using CFL’s will make you a little less poor.

That's only if they work as advertised - same light, lasting x times longer. What if they are actually more like the Hybrid vehicles? Widely advertised as getting 75mpg, but it turns out that was under ideal test conditions - real world experience has shown they get closer to 40mpg in normal use, much closer to any compact and hardly worth the $20,000 premium to buy them. In real world conditions, they don't save enough to offset the costs - a stark contrast to the rosy predictions. I suspect CFL's will turn out the same under widespread real-life conditions.

[yankeedame]

The government shouldn’t interfere. Let people decide what best works for them.

Oh, I agree but I suspect the government fear runs much deeper: That liberal ideas can not survive on the open market.

• You weren't given the choice when it came to what kind of toilet you wanted.
• You weren't given the choice when it came to what kind of washing machine you wanted. (re: hot wash/warm rinse cycle a legal no-no for 10+ years now)
• You weren't given the choice when it came to air bags.
• You weren't given a choice when it came to sex-ed and your kids in school. They were automatically in until you pulled them out.

And these are only a few. Lordy,lordy, how did the human race ever survive till now?

[unixfox]

The government shouldn’t interfere. Let people decide what best works for them.

Back to the re-education camps for you!