“Is anyone but me stockpiling regular light bulbs?”
You can get incandescent light bulbs rated for 25,000 hours that are used by the hospitality industry. If you use them for an average of 7 hours a day they’ll burn out in just a little under 10 years and cost about a buck or less per bulb depending on how many you buy.
https://www.nathosp.com/product/25k19_c/standard_incandescent_light_bulbs
Once you stock up all you’ll have to do is watch out for the light bulb police who’ll be monitoring everyone who might be using those unauthorized, evil incandescents!
Which do you think they’ll come for first: my evil incandescents, my gold, silver, guns and ammo??
We live in California. A couple of years ago, my wife and I did some extensive rennovations on the house. Got all new recessed lighting in the kitchen.
The contractor said it was illegal in CA to put in halogens and that we'd have to go with CFLs. Reluctantly, I agreed, thinking at least the bulbs would last a long time. WRONG! Within a year, five of the six CFLs in the kitchen had burned out. The damned things don't have a screw-in base either. It's some kind of weird plug-in base. So you can't get around it by simply replacing the CFL bulbs with incandesants.
Additionally, at the slightest touch, the CFLs fall out of their socket. I haven't broken any yet because I've always managed to catch them as they fell. But eventually it's going to happen...Arghhh!
Damn things are supposed to last seven years. Ours don't even last one. Some barely last a month. As soon as we save a little money, I'm calling an electrician to find out what can be done about it. It's driving me crazy. I hate liberals more than I can say.