Another regulatory folly -- flourescent light bulbs

The energy bill passed by Congress contains a regulatory imposition right up there with legislating the amount of water in toilets. By 2014, the incandescent bulb invented by Thomas Edison will disappear, and the only light bulbs sold will be the new small fluorescent bulbs that are only made in China. The EPA has issued three pages of detailed instructions on what to do if one of these, which contains mercury, breaks -- evacuate the room, and turn off the air conditioning, among other things. For an entertaining speech by Congressman Ted Poe of Texas on the House floor about this fiasco, see You Tube.