From the Coalition of Hippy Hoarders Against the Ban

 
In the EU, the Final Solution is approaching on September 1 2012 when all remaining incandescents for general service are to be banned by the Brussels Bureaucrats.
Relevant regulation details http://ceolas.net/#li01inx
Alternatively scroll to the bottom of the EU technical document (pdf)

So, unsurprisingly, there are stories of hoarding appearing in the media, as has been the case at this time of the year for the past couple of years.

"Europeans Hoarding Light Bulbs Like It's the End of the World"
the German Die Welt newspaper said yesterday..... and so on.


Putting a little light relief to the theme, and solving the question of what to do when travelling around...
As suggested by the Coalition of Hippy Hoarders Against the Ban:

source  espaniainmortal
"Rings on his Fingers and Bells on his Toes,
He shall have Good Light wherever he Goes"



[Freely from the children's nursery rhyme
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross...
Perhaps more apropos the original
"Rings on his Fingers and Bulbs on his Back,
He shall have Good Light for any Old Shack"]

Back now to doing something more useful?..;-)
 

Paul Ryan New Vice Presidential Candidate "Change your Leaders Not Your Light Bulbs"

 

source  thoseshirts.com

Of relevance not just in the USA... for anyone against the ban ;-)
Admittedly in the SovietEUnion it does not seem to make much difference who rules or where.




Republican Vice Presidential candidate Ryan voted against the light bulb ban last year
[Roll Call 563, 12th July 2011].

While otherwise not apparently having commented on the issue, or stated any position on it on his website, it seems from other sources as if he might be pretty committed about it:
As reported, Paul Ryan is "a virulent denier of climate science", "slashed clean energy investment" and "voted to eliminate light bulb efficiency standards" (for some reason efficiency is always equated with energy efficiency in some quarters!).

Mitt Romney meanwhile has indeed in his campaign questioned the light bulb regulations - as for example reported by TPM Livewire earlier this year...
..."and the [Obama] government would have banned Thomas Edison’s light bulb"


Any complete repeal of the ban of course first has to work its way through Congress,
and it unfortunately seems a particularly partisan issue
(unfortunate, since on a "liberal" tax and spend ideology a taxation policy that could pay for reduction on energy saving alternatives and so "not just hit people with taxes" while keeping choice, would surely be seen as preferable to a ban also by a Democrat electorate if properly presented and promoted, while of course a competition policy in turn is better on a Conservative agenda - regulatory bans being the worst choice of all both in choice and energy saving as covered and referenced in the "How Bans are Wrongly Justified" section and on the Ceolas.net website)

In other words, the Congress elections are at least as important, and so only Republican majorities in both House and Senate would give any likelihood of progress.

The presidential position is simply to sign or not sign the Bill coming through.
President Obama would veto any such bill, a President Romney would now almost certainly
sign it, given his more pronounced ideological stance underlined by his vice presidential choice.

That said, as always there are workarounds...
If the President considered it important enough, given his executive powers, he could conceivably act to interfere with the implementation side of the law, such as supporting the funding block measures that have been attempted by House Republicans.
 

More Magic of Incandescent Light Bulbs...

Update August 30

source  yladda

As a fitting continuation of the last post on the "magic" of incandescent type bulbs, illustrated by the Uncle Fester magically lit bulb, lo and behold the closing ceremony of the London Olympics on Sunday bringing up something similar:
Attendants dressed up rather like Government officials with bowler hats, and light bulbs on top.

source  eurosport


Somewhat ironically, given that British Government officials who enthusiastically support a ban on them were themselves looking on, the light bulbs were as seen aesthetically in the form of simple regular incandescents, rather than looking like squiggly fluorescents or new LEDs (though no doubt with a relatively dim LED inside ;-) ).

General availability of such hats unknown...
though they are being sold on eBay with the costumes ... starting bid £200.00.

Update Aug 30: As seen from the above link several more suits now being sold.
Also just the bowler hats with bulbs ...still costing three-figure sums!



For anyone getting a taste for the bowler hat theme... ;-)
(both below from Scraphacker.com)

or even

The Magic of Incandescent Light Bulbs...

 
Yes incandescent bulbs can be magical, with their twinkling transparescence in lanterns or chandeliers, for example.

But they can be magical in more ways than one.
Say Hello to Uncle Fester and his Shiny Bulb... no his other one!

Seems you can make your own magic bulb,
by hollowing out a regular incandescent bulb.

Would like to see this tried with a fluorescent bulb!
No actually kids, don't try that at home...


(originally a decent bright incandescent flashlight bulb was used, the video suggests a LED)


The Shock Effect can also be enhanced!

One of the great dangers of this toy is that the bulb base was not reverse threaded.
This allowed the 1.5 volt battery operated bulb to be easily screwed into any 110-115 Volt lamp socket!
Knowing this toy might cause a possible fire or electrocution would most certainly evoke a sly smile on the faces of the entire Addams clan.

Sure to electrify any party then....
From the Spookshows website, as embedded below