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Despite a decade of cam­paigns by the gov­ern­ment and util­i­ties to per­suade peo­ple to switch to energy-saving com­pact flu­o­res­cents, incan­des­cent bulbs still occupy an esti­mated 90 per­cent of house­hold sock­ets in the United States. Aside from the aes­thetic and prac­ti­cal objec­tions to flu­o­res­cents, old-style incan­des­cents have the advan­tage of being remark­ably cheap. - nytimes

I have been stock­ing up incan­des­cent bulbs for when we move into the dreaded light of CFL’s, com­pact flu­o­res­cent light bulbs, and don’t turn back. Luck­ily the incan­des­cent indus­try has responded to the leg­is­la­tion that will make the beloved cheap light­bulb a thing of the past. The bulb won’t be as cheap but it will address all the other rea­sons why CFL’s haven’t taken hold.

I hate the light from CFL’s. The wave­length of the light gives me headaches. The light doesn’t have the warmth of home that we all have grown to love. The mer­cury too is an issue… with the many bulbs that the US con­sumes the waste does become an issue espe­cially in landfills.

Let’s face it. We need a bet­ter build than the CFL. The CFL is good for stair­wells and fire exits but it just isn’t a home use bulb. LED’s are a bet­ter value for any­thing that has to burn 24/7. It’s amaz­ing how an indus­try can respond to the forces of leg­is­la­tion to inves­ti­gate and inno­vate rather than give up and retool to make some­thing like the CFL. Seems we already have some­thing better.

Now to make it more afford­able for everyone.

Incan­des­cent Bulbs Return to the Cut­ting Edge : nytimes