At a savings of $30 in their lifetime, compact florescent bulbs are wiping incandescents off the market. But that hasn’t stopped the most environmentally conscious governments, such as California, from threatening to ban the old-fashioned Edison bulb completely. But would that even work? I haaaaaaate florescent lights. They make everyone look slightly ill, under a barely detectable flicker in a color only an insect could love. When the regulators try to yank incandescents’ warm, full-spectrum glow from art galleries and restaurants, we’ll see a backlash among the most green-minded among us. I’ll be among the backlashers. Give me a compact fluorescent that doesn’t make a dining room look like an operating room, and I’m all for it. Otherwise, I’ll hoard contraband old bulbs—until electricity bills reflect the real cost of energy. Then I’ll put those archaic planet poopers in the free box.