The Light That Failed. Washington's War on the Light Bulb will have Unintended Consequences

National Review ^ | 07/08/2011 | Deroy Murdock

[Publius6961]

I am among the lucky few who are able to use CFLs without problems or complaints.
I envy those who can afford to buy 60 & 100W LEDs.

My theoritical 15% energy use for lighting has been reduced to less than 4%.

Whatever happened to freddom of choice?

[Cyber Liberty]

You’d better stock up soon: 100 watt incandescent light bulbs have been illegal to manufacture since 1/1/11. If your store does not have them in stock, you are SOL.

[dervish]

me too.

Can you imagine what the black market on incandescents will be like. And all that lost sales tax.

[MsLady]

No I can not. But, I bet there will be one.

[Wonder Warthog]

"A heat lamp with a red bulb and a wooden coop my hubby built from scrap is way cheaper...lol"

Sure is, but commercial chicken operations operate on a vastly different scale these days. Back in the 1950's my dad went in for "chicken farming" for a while, and we had a few hundred birds (raising chicks to friers), and thought it was a "large scale" operation. Nowadays, a "chicken farm" will have tens of thousands of birds in multiple specially designed "chicken houses". The old story of "get big or get out".