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Originally Posted by HarryT
They already are cheaper than incandescent lights in terms of price per hour of lifetime - at least they are in my part of the world.
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Yes, that's true here too. But, I think most people don't seem to "get" stuff like that. For example, when buying a car people don't realize that adding 1 year to the loan term may make the "payments" lower but they make the car cost more. Same with mortages. A 15 year mortgage payment may be 30% higher, but you save 4 or 5 times that in interest over the life of the loan.
So, while I am mostly libertarian in my views and I hate alot of regulation I think with something like this it is needed.
A higher tax on incandescent lights that makes the price at the register closer to, or more than the "green" lights, a progressive tax on gasoline so the more you buy the higher the tax rate gets, triple the price of cigarettes to discourage their use.
Heck, I also agree with legalizing drugs like marijuanna so that we can properly regulate it and realize taxes on it. This would also keep more people out of prision, it would cost us "less" than the war on drugs and we would have revenue to deal with it. It works with alcohol. (yes, I know that is another topic)
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