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First Spanking, Now Lightbulbs?
January 31, 2007If California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine has his way, the incandescent lightbulb will hear it's last "How Many X Does it Take to Screw In A Lightbulb" joke by the year 2012. The Assemblyman wants to do away with the bulbs in an effort to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases, which are of course warming the earth and going to kill us all by 2011 and a half.
(I know I'm an unreasonable skeptic, but when one cosiders all that the planet earth has been through in its lifetime, from meteor impacts to volcanic activity, tectonic plate shifting to Paris Hilton, it's hard to imagine that we're going to doom life by using too many incandescent lightbulbs. On the other hand, in the interest of full disclosure, I've switched about 60% of our bulbs to the non-incandescent variety which, in case you were wondering, cost about $42 dollars each.)
I guess this means that in the near future you will probably not be able to spank your two-year-old with a lightbulb. Or something. (It must be hard to keep track of all of this stuff if you live in Cali-fornia.)