{"id":10632,"date":"2011-06-11T19:16:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2011\/06\/11\/i-lay-in-a-supply-of-incandescent-light-bulbs\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T19:16:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T19:16:33","slug":"i-lay-in-a-supply-of-incandescent-light-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2011\/06\/11\/i-lay-in-a-supply-of-incandescent-light-bulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"I Lay in a Supply of Incandescent Light Bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Postrel writes<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you want to know why so many Americans feel alienated from their government, you need only go to Target and check out the light bulb aisle. Instead of the cheap commodities of yesteryear, you\u2019ll find what looks like evidence of a flourishing, technology-driven economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are \u201cultrasoft\u201d bulbs promising \u201csofter soft white longer life\u201d light, domed halogens for \u201cbright crisp light\u201d and row upon row of Energy Smart bulbs — some curled in the by-now- familiar compact fluorescent form, some with translucent shells that reveal only hints of the twisting tubes within.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems to be a dazzling profusion of choice. But, at least in California<\/a>, where I live, this plenitude no longer includes what most shoppers want: an inexpensive, plain-vanilla 100-watt incandescent bulb. Selling them is now illegal here. The rest of the country has until the end of the year to stock up before a federal ban kicks in. (I have a stash in storage.) Over the next two years, most lower-wattage incandescents will also disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Light\"<\/a> Banned on the Left Coast in the People's Republic of Californication!  It figures. It's sad to see what has become of my native state.  But I am fortunate to flourish in Arizona where bright sun and hard rock and self-reliant liberty-lovers have a suppressive effect on the miasma of leftists.  So with a firm resolve to stick it to the nanny-staters I headed out this afternoon in my Jeep Liberty to Costco where not a single incandescent was to be had.  So I went to Lowe's and cleaned 'em out.  I bought four 24-packs.  Three packs were Sylvania 60W 130V A19's @ $10.03 per pack  and one pack was Sylvania 100W 130V A19's @12.02 per pack.  Total: $42.11 for 96 bulbs. That comes to less than 44 cents per bulb.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 130 volt rating means that I will get plenty of life out of these bulbs at the expense of a negligible reduction in illumination.  A voltage check at a wall socket revealed that I'm running just a tad below 120 V.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next Saturday I'll pay a visit to Home Despot<\/span> Depot and add to my stock.<\/span> <\/p>\n

And now I am remined of what were supposed to have been Goethe's last words: Licht, Licht, Mehr Licht<\/em>!  Light, light, more light!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virginia Postrel writes, If you want to know why so many Americans feel alienated from their government, you need only go to Target and check out the light bulb aisle. Instead of the cheap commodities of yesteryear, you\u2019ll find what looks like evidence of a flourishing, technology-driven economy. There are \u201cultrasoft\u201d bulbs promising \u201csofter soft … Continue reading “I Lay in a Supply of Incandescent Light Bulbs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leftism-and-political-correctness","category-money-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}