Nova, not speaking for Ziggy, but I "get" what she's saying.
If there are punishments for not doing something/doing something, that's a problem. It's gotten so that people yell at you - strangers, no less - for not "recycling", or recycling only a bit of stuff.
There are people who can't handle the twisty bulbs; medical issues, I think, like autism and epilepsy can be aggravated with the flickering of them. So should they be punished? Or do we create an entirely new government entity to approve those folks for exceptions, and then, if there is no market, how do they buy them?
I recycle. I do everything I can to prevent a high 'carbon footprint', but I still have to live my life. I can't afford one of those new cool enviro-cars, so I do what I can to bundle errands, and reduce my driving. I don't use the A/C unless indoor temps are over 85*, and I water my lawn at night. I garden, and use Tango's poop to fertilize, and I only buy farmed fish (when I buy fish...I don't like it too much). I don't use wood unless it's dead wood I've cleared from my property; I'll use fake logs instead.
I do what I can. I care; but to be punished, or prevented from, making a choice that I believe is better for me (as in the lightbulbs), does some damage to one's willingness, not to mention destroys jobs (the whole lightbulb industry has been in an uproar over the last few years).
I would use solar power (and will, someday), but right now, it's cost prohibitive and that prevents me. I would use wind power, but I don't get enough wind, and I don't have the cash (or the permits...) to get a wind tower erected at my house.
It's definitely a connundrum...I want to do what's best, but I can't afford to. I think that's what Ziggy is referring to, the difficulty and the government pressure/mandates that have occurred which make it tough to change over.
As always, imho and all that...
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