They should have started with 1500 watt toasters. They are terribly inefficient light bulbs. /s
Since electric heating is still legal, why don’t they make it legal to sell bulbs if we promise only to use them in cold weather, since the excess heat warms our houses? /s
That's what we use. They are not only inefficient "light bulbs", you absolutely cannot read by them for anything!
Saw story about a German sell bulbs for that purpose. Seems Germany is ahead of the USA on the light bulb time table.
Skirting EU law: The rebranding of incandescent bulbs as 'Heat Balls'
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/skirting-eu-law-the-rebranding-of-incandescent-bulbs-as-heat-balls