When Environmentalists Turn Out The Lights
An excellent Reason video report on Europe’s light bulb ban:
It’s amazing how the light bulb, once like its inventor Thomas Edison a symbol of American inventiveness and entrepreneurship, has now become the subject of a government ban in the name of promoting a product the government thinks you should be buying instead.
Now, I’m all for progress. If something better than the incandescent light bulb comes along I think that’s great. But are CFL light bulbs really better? A lot of people don’t think so, and that’s been reflected by poor sales numbers for the CFL’s.
People, for the most part, are choosing to stick with incandescent light bulbs. And the government is deciding to override that choice, both in Europe and here in the United States.
Because you aren’t free any more. You can’t just own any sort of light bulb you want. You must own the government approved light bulb. Just like they’ll soon be wanting you to be on government approved insurance plans and driving government approved cars.
