BULB :Freedom of Light Bulb Choice

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WILL IT? SHOULD IT? COULD IT---THE THOMAS A. EDISON LIGHT BULB---REALLY GO AWAY IN 2012?

Yes it could. But not if any of us nutty conservatives have anything to say about our favorite endangered source of burning-the-midnight-oil. Most of us don't want federal law makers telling us what we should and shouldn't buy to screw into our light fixtures. Especially when it comes to our favorite standby--the 100-watt incandescent light bulb.

Bobbie Petray of the Tennessee Eagle Forum emailed this morning reminding us that saving the incandescent in Congress will come up for a vote early this week:

Liberals in the last Congress enacted "efficiency" standards, scheduled to take effect in 2012, that will diminish Americans’ standard of living and dictate the types of light bulbs we can and can’t buy. These environmental "standards" will start eliminating 276 versions of the Thomas Edison incandescent light bulbs in 2012; the drop-dead date for our favorite 100-watt light bulb is just a few months away.

However, because of the hard work by activists like you last year in electing conservatives to the House of Representatives, the new House majority is working to restore our light bulb freedom.

Congress is expected to vote on the Better Use of Light Blubs (BULB) Act probably today, Tuesday. The bill will protect our access to light bulbs of our choice and will guard against mandates that force Americans to use bulbs that contain dangerous mercury.

The BULB Act will restore consumer choice and competition, and it deserves support from both parties. The bill will ensure that no federal, state, or local lighting requirement can mandate the use of bulbs that contain mercury.

If Congress acts this year, we can make sure the market – not a government mandate – gives consumers their light bulb choices. Members of both parties should support H.R. 2417, so be sure to call your Congressman even if he or she is liberal.

So if 'choice' matters to you when it comes to light bulbs, get on the horn to your congressman asap and let him know you want to keep your 100-watt Thomas Edison!