Brandon Turbeville
January 18, 2016
It has often been said that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone – or until the government legislates it out of existence. Such was the case with the incandescent light bulb which has been a staple of civilized cultures for more than 130 years. Always ready to sacrifice civilization and scientific progress on the alter of “sustainability” and the idea that carbon dioxide is melting the world, governments in the European Union and North America, launched a frontal attack on the incandescent bulb on the grounds that much of its energy was wasted in heat.
In place of the incandescent bulb, “scientists, social engineers and bureaucrats demanded that the people of the west accept the LED and CFL bulbs that virtually none of them wanted.” The bureaucrats, however, managed to rally against public opinion and the will of the people they allegedly serve and forcibly phase out the incandescent bulb. Never mind that CFL bulbs were shown to “fry skin” with UVA radiation, emit toxic and carcinogenic chemicals and release levels of mercury or even that they were damaging to the eyes. These side effects were not important – what was important was that the plebs learned to accept whatever tripe was dished out to them in terms of eco fascism, but also begin the long descent into energy austerity.
Still, scientific development, human progress and the incandescent bulb could not be kept down. Rising from the ashes of its predecessor, American scientists believe that they have now developed a new type of incandescent bulb that has all of the benefits of the original and virtually none of the negative. Likewise, the new bulb outshines its LED and CFL competitors.
As Sarah Knapton of The Daily Telegraph writes,
It has often been said that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone – or until the government legislates it out of existence. Such was the case with the incandescent light bulb which has been a staple of civilized cultures for more than 130 years. Always ready to sacrifice civilization and scientific progress on the alter of “sustainability” and the idea that carbon dioxide is melting the world, governments in the European Union and North America, launched a frontal attack on the incandescent bulb on the grounds that much of its energy was wasted in heat.
In place of the incandescent bulb, “scientists, social engineers and bureaucrats demanded that the people of the west accept the LED and CFL bulbs that virtually none of them wanted.” The bureaucrats, however, managed to rally against public opinion and the will of the people they allegedly serve and forcibly phase out the incandescent bulb. Never mind that CFL bulbs were shown to “fry skin” with UVA radiation, emit toxic and carcinogenic chemicals and release levels of mercury or even that they were damaging to the eyes. These side effects were not important – what was important was that the plebs learned to accept whatever tripe was dished out to them in terms of eco fascism, but also begin the long descent into energy austerity.
Still, scientific development, human progress and the incandescent bulb could not be kept down. Rising from the ashes of its predecessor, American scientists believe that they have now developed a new type of incandescent bulb that has all of the benefits of the original and virtually none of the negative. Likewise, the new bulb outshines its LED and CFL competitors.
As Sarah Knapton of The Daily Telegraph writes,
