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The Great Lightbulb Debate

By The Daily Dish
Mar 28 2008, 4:11 AM ET

James Lileks wieghs in:

This shouldn’t be polarizing, but it is. Energy conservation has been suffused with a moral quality these days; instead of being a sensible reaction to higher prices and foreign dependence, it is a sign of virtue. It was thus in the 70s, and now it’s back. That’s why your choice of light bulb says what kind of a person you are. Fluorescent? Or evil?



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