After the European Union banned conventional incandescent bulbs, Rotthaeuser's entrepreneurial spirit was sparked. He started selling another product: heatballs.Heh. I love it. Unintended consequences, beeyotch! It's not a light bulb; it's a heat source. Much like your fireplace (which they will no doubt be trying to ban as a source of dioxin and furan emissions), one of the side benefits of the heatball is that it throws off a not inconsequential amount of light. So you derive some side-effect lighting from your heat source.
What's a heatball? According to this Teutonic Knight of Freedom and Light, it is a "small heating device" that compensates for the loss of heat a home experiences when conventional light bulbs are swapped for more energy efficient ones.
Free enterprise once again pwns the nanny state.
That is all.
Thanks to FarmDad in Gunblogger Conspiracy chat for the link!
3 comments:
That is not really a light bulb. That is a dark sucker.
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That is brilliant. The nanny state never, ever understands consequences.
"The nanny state never, ever understands consequences."
To be fair, neither do the people who vote for them.
They say people get the government they deserve. So how come I get the government those people deserve?
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