Originally Posted By: wfaulk
No, I wasn't being silly. As far as I know, there is no ban on incandescent light bulbs. There is a minimum efficiency law now. But companies have started developing incandescent bulbs that meet those efficiency requirements.


You're right. It's California that's banned them here, and also the EU. But lightbulb efficiency laws are the same type of knee-jerk, voluntary economic handicapping that I'm talking about.