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What if in 2025 a husband and wife decide they want to use old-fashioned incandescent bulbs in the sanctuary of their home? Will the light-bulb left defend their right to privacy and freedom of choice?
Don't count on it. Many Americans may not know it yet, but the federal government has already effectively banned the type of light bulb most of us use today.
In 2007, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act, mandating that household light bulbs use incrementally less electricity starting in 2012 and culminating in 2020, when they must use less than 70...
The Light Bulb Liars
They no doubt increase it some--bulbs are thrown away in landfills, crushed and they seep into the water table (most people aren't going to go through the trouble of getting rid of them in an EPA HAZMAT landfill, most will be like me and put them in a bag and throw them in the trash)and then there are the bulbs that break, are dropped, etc.
SO there will be some increase but the amount is probably so low not to be of any great concern--you'll get more from eating fish. I agree the mercury issue is a canard, the real issue is the freedom to pick what bulbs you want to use for your own house.