I live for these told-ya-so moments….

A couple of years ago our city council was mulling a ban on incandescent light bulbs, and mandating compact fluorescents. It was well-intentioned, given our current energy gluttony, but misguided in its application. I encouraged my friends on the council to avoid an ordinance that dictated a certain type of technology. I warned them that new tech in lighting is always emerging, and thus they should not foreclose options for the future. I suggested that they instead, look to performance standards. In this case, that standard would have been lumens/watt.

They couldn’t hear. Anything. As usual.

It was a time of compact fluorescent mania, twisty bulbs were all the rage, and city councillors wanted to be hip with the latest in-style tech….

The upshot is, as I predicted at the time, other technologies are coming on line that may leave CFLs in the dust, energy efficiency-wise. Heck, even the old incan may exceed CFLs in overall performance.

I think I hear Nelson somewhere out there…yes…I do! “HAH-ha!”