It didn't Seem So Bad At The Time...
The result of a single seemingly inconsequential bill from 2007:
(Try to imagine life when all the other stuff Ben's voted for hits the proverbial fan!
It's all on "delay action", you know...due to start hitting after 2012.)
I went to the store the other day, and found myself caught in a:
Over a period of months, we installed recessed can lighting in pretty much every room to make our home a more pleasant place to be. We hated sitting around in the dark! Most of the bulbs in the cans now are the originals, but sooner or later, they'll burn out.
Looking at the cost of replacing all these bulbs with new "improved" politically correct ones...YOWEE!!! I'm back to sitting in the dark; saving my lightbulbs for special occasions. Like Christmas and Easter.
Total for replacement bulbs at my house: $4,351.10, plus tax: another $261.07.
Add up your own total. Click here for pricing. Remember: 911 is the number to call for heart attacks.
"I can see the future from my house and it's expensive!"
Farewell, faithful CHEAP friend! Tom Edison, it was great while it lasted! In Chandler's Brave New World of home lighting, it's either mercury or bankruptcy. Who says you don't have any choice?
(P. S. Small bits of mercury on a driveway in Portland, OR netted a cleanup bill of $156,000 and 2 months of hell with the EPA. But the lightbulbs are OK...really...)