Many tell us what to think. I ask my readers to be skeptical. Question me and others. 
The government decided that we should not use old-style incandescent bulbs due to their energy inefficiency. Only about 10% of the energy they use goes into light; everything else is heat. Most of us have already gradually switched to new bulbs, luminescent or LED. Do we need the government to be a busy bee regulating this technological transition? What if some people, regardless of inefficiency, want to keep old bulbs for aesthetic or sentimental reasons? The European Union is ahead of us in this process. When they banned old, kind-hearted bulbs, some people still wanted to have them. As there was a market for them in Germany, they were sold not as light bulbs but as spherical heaters. After all, this is what they do the best. The eagerness of bureaucrats can never overcome the ingenuity of regular folks.
