Good one.
We will all need “night vision goggles” when Obama’s cap-and-trade fees turn our lights out.
Buy a few variac (variable AC)controllers and reduce AC voltage to incandescent bulbs by 7-10%, and, in so doing, increase their useful life by major percentages. Energy saving, mercury containing bulbs do not last as current inrush at 120 or more volts is not sustained well, and in my experience, they burn out quickly due to normal on/off cycles and are quite uneconomical. Their life can also be extended by using a variac, but not as much as an incandescent bulb. Some of Edisons’ bulbs from the early 1900s are still burning at low, but useful, levels today in museums.
While this is a joke, while on the campaign trail Obama did claim the US dependence on foreign oil could be broken if we only inflated our tires.
The only reason this is satire is that Obama hadn’t thought of it yet.