Some clarifications for those who don't realize exactly what is going on here.
1) incandescent bulbs are not being outlawed The government has said that light bulbs must meet certain energy requirements, which means that instead of a 100W bulb giving you 1500 lumens of light, now it will only take 70W of power to give off that same 1500 lumens of light. This has actually led to massive innovation in the incandescent lighting industry to make more energy efficient lights.
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2) Most people don't actually need 1500 lumens of light for most of their rooms. I know even before the CFL lights got big, my family always bought 60W bulbs for our house, which is about 900 lumens of light.
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But, even if they do need that much light, as stated before, 1500 lumens of light will still be available in either the CFL lights or from a new, lower wattage incandescent light.
3) Relying on light bulbs as a heat source for a person's home is very inefficient. Plus, the money a person saves from buying more energy efficient light bulbs can certainly go to getting them much more efficient heat sources for their home.
It is completely wrong to say that incandescent light bulbs are being made illegal. What is being done, is that all light bulbs are forced to meet certain energy requirements (which are high above those levels of CFLs and are currently being met by a newer generation of incandescent bulbs). This is really no different than automobile emission standards put into place in the 1970 (Clean Air Act) which forced car companies to improve their car designs (which greatly reduced automobile pollution).