tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17619508.post8752617701007232389..comments2023-09-30T12:22:10.569-04:00Comments on The Vigorous North: Contraband bulbsC Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865122912479524567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17619508.post-75031551051618058932008-02-11T08:39:00.000-05:002008-02-11T08:39:00.000-05:00Interesting suggestion. From an economist's pov, y...Interesting suggestion. From an economist's pov, you're talking about "internalizing externalities." That's something that ought to be considered for pretty much every environmental impact we generate. The key is pegging the differential high enough to adequately incent the purchase of cfs or LEDs over incandescents, while at the same time funding the additional cost of retrieving the cfs from the consumer before they hit a landfill.<BR/><BR/>Key to passage would be showing that the program pays for itself. Keeping GE's reputed high-efficiency incandescent on the table is a good thing, too. <BR/><BR/>Although that falls into the bucket of: what have they been waiting for? The answer to which is: only now do they see the future internalization (loss of market share and added tooling costs) of the externalities they created (crappy, inefficient light bulbs manufactured for cheap). Perhaps forcing them to clean their PCBs out of the Hudson had a nice spill-over after all.JKGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569861165454532541noreply@blogger.com