Still, as energy-guzzling 100-watt incandescent bulbs disappear from
local store shelves in the first phase of a federal ban on all such
bulbs -- passed by Congress during the Bush administration and in effect
since January 2012 -- light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and compact
fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are in our future, whether we like it or
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"I
am stockpiling those bulbs," said Liz Farley, a Pittsburgh architect
and interior designer, who has built up a collection of about 100 boxes
of 40- and 60-watt bulbs in her Fox Chapel basement.
"I'm not
real happy about this," added Louis Talotta, a Pittsburgh and Palm
Beach-based interior designer, who was startled to discover one of his
Squirrel Hill clients had replaced the incandescent bulbs in his lamps
with CFLs, distorting the colors of the paintings, the fabrics and the
porcelain and turning a delicately lit celadon green room with
chinoiserie wallpaper "a dirty, mucky green."
"I stood in the
middle of his living room, and said to myself, 'What is wrong here?' and
my client told me he'd put in newer, more energy efficient bulbs to
save money. I said, 'Look, you have plenty of money. You can afford to
spend a few more bucks to make your rooms look good.' "
"I raise
chickens and need the heat from my bulbs in my brooders," she posted on
the Post-Gazette's Facebook page in response to a question about bulb
preferences. "That is how the chicks survive.Origin Laser is an
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Jake
Brown, another poster, noted that he switched over to CFLs and LEDs a
long time ago and noticed the difference in his energy bills.
"Incandescent
is great when you can use the heat they generate ... [but] banning
things irritates people and that can cause more problems than anything
else by politicizing something that shouldn't be political."
There
have been scattered acts of defiance since the law's enactment. Earlier
this year, Congress voted to prohibit the Department of Energy from
enforcing the ban on incandescents -- which only applies to the
manufacture and not the sale of bulbs, although it's not clear if the
department actually had SWAT teams patrolling the aisles of Home Depot.
Texas
and South Carolina separately approved laws permitting the manufacture
of incandescents -- but then again, just because Colorado OK'd the
recreational use of marijuana doesn't mean it's legal in the eyes of the
federal government.
Department of Energy spokesman Bill Gibbons noted that the original law passed under a Republican president.
"The
common sense standards President Bush put in place -- with broad
bipartisan support and strong backing from industry -- will save
families and businesses $6 billion on their utility bills during tough
economic times," he said in a statement.
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is a quick and easy way to bring a fresh look to your home. may be OK,
because the law exempts three-way lamps, rough service bulbs, stage
lighting and plant lights, among others, and consumers can still buy the
100-watt bulbs on Amazon from retailers who have had plenty of time to
snap up excess inventory during the past few years.
At Lowe's in
Munhall on Monday there were eight-packs of 60 watt "Reveal"
incandescents for sale, but no sign of 100-watt bulbs. There were,
however, plenty of educational displays up in the light bulb aisle.
"Did
you know? Incandescent bulbs are being phased out across the country"
read one sign, above two light bulbs -- on the left an LED,Advance LED
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and other LED lighting products are highly efficient. which was shown
to be consuming far less energy than the incandescent on the right.We
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"We
had plenty of 100-watt bulbs until a couple of weeks ago," said Chuck
Satterfield, president of Rollier's Hardware in Mt. Lebanon, "but when
the inventory is exhausted, it's exhausted."
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