I read something about this happening in California on a website about making efficient houses, the guy made some really good points against this type of law. He said that when he started using them like 10 years ago his just started burning out today but the replacements are burning out before his remaining bulbs, making them less money efficient than incandescent. He attributed this to the old bulbs being made in the usa and germany while the new ones are from china, which totally defeats the energy independence factor. They also contain mercury, which is illegal to dumb in landfills, how will we throw them away?

There are also mercury vapor bulbs, halogen bulbs, and some others that could be really nice for heat and light, but most have not been used much for herps. I've been thinking about getting a few to try though, you can put out alot of light and heat with a tiny bulb, there are fire hazard problems though. I also heard that some can emit some sort of dangerous gas without ever breaking, if they are tapped or something, and if they do break it might not be good. I know for a fact these will be legal because i just don't see us having flourescent street lights. We have two huge ones at my barn, no way could you light it up with any less than 30 long flourescent tubes, not to mention the one we have outside so we can see in front of our faces out in the county.

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