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Incandescent light bulbs are being phased out by wattage over a two-year period, starting January 2012. The reason for ending the use of incandescent bulbs is to save energy. Without traditional light bulbs, Americans will be left to choose between three different types of new bulbs: compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs), halogens and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). But compact fluorescents, halogen bulbs and LEDs all have disadvantages, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

The new bulbs are expensive -- today a conventional 100-watt bulb costs 58 cents on Amazon.com, compared with $2 for a CFL and $8.50 for a halogen. In addition, compact fluorescents present disposal problems because they contain mercury.

If a CFL breaks, the Environmental Protection Agency instructions include leaving a room for 15 minutes and turning off forced air heating and cooling.
Then, bulb remnants should not be swept up with a broom or vacuum cleaner, but carefully scooped up using stiff paper and placed in a canning jar or sealed plastic bag.
Afterwards, sticky tape or wet wipes should be used to collect the last fragments.
This is not something most people want to do when they drop a light bulb. They just want to sweep it up, throw it in the trash, and get on with their day. Consumers should be free to choose the light bulbs they prefer, says Furchtgott-Roth.

Source: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, "A Call For Light Bulb Sanity," Real Clear Markets, June 2, 2011.

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http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/06/02/a_call_for_light_bulb_sanity_99054.html
Donald Trump Sums ObamaCare

Let me get this straight . . . ...
We're going to be "gifted" with a health care
plan we are forced to purchase and
fined if we don't,

Which purportedly covers at least
ten million more people,
without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,

Written by a committee whose chairman
says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that didn't read it but
exempted themselves from it,
and signed by a President who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who
didn't pay his taxes,

For which we'll be taxed for four years before any
benefits take effect,

By a government which has
already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,
all to be overseen by a surgeon general
who is obese,
and financed by a country that's broke!!!!!

'What the hell could
possibly go wrong?'
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