steadystate
Fractal Fanatic
Nancy and Harry aren't the only ones (ir)responsible. Politicians on both sides signed on and are far too eager to jump on the green bandwagon IMO. Photographers and managers of art studios and museums are not at all happy about compact fluorescents. CFs are efficient, but many people think they look TERRIBLE. Some people are hypersensitive to them as well. Aesthetics are of no concern to the powers that be.
It can be argued that tubes in guitar amps have value purely for aesthetic reasons. A transistor does the same job as a tube, but is much more efficient. Try to convince Joe Congressman that tubes have a right to exist because they sound better. Joe doesn't care that many people think incandescents look better than CFs, and that professionals that rely on incandescents are now faced with what is in their minds a serious problem.
This is all hypothetical and straying off topic. It's just a bit scary when I consider that it isn't beyond the realm of possibility based on recent events.
It can be argued that tubes in guitar amps have value purely for aesthetic reasons. A transistor does the same job as a tube, but is much more efficient. Try to convince Joe Congressman that tubes have a right to exist because they sound better. Joe doesn't care that many people think incandescents look better than CFs, and that professionals that rely on incandescents are now faced with what is in their minds a serious problem.
This is all hypothetical and straying off topic. It's just a bit scary when I consider that it isn't beyond the realm of possibility based on recent events.