From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4630508.stm

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The government is considering an extra tax on energy inefficient light bulbs.

Costlier compact fluorescent bulbs use a fifth of the energy of incandescent ones, those with a filament, and last much longer.

Chairman of the all-party group on climate change, Colin Challen, is asking the Treasury to gradually raise the tax until they both cost the same.

Making people switch would save them money in the long run and cut carbon dioxide emissions, Mr Challen argues.

The Treasury have said they will look at the Labour MP's proposal carefully.

Are they kidding? Isn't the 17.5% sales tax plus the 5% tax added to the electric bills enough?

Note the part about increasing tax until an incandescent bulb is the same price as a fluoro. They want a 25-pence filament bulb to go up to several pounds just by heaping tax on it? That would make our light bulbs even more heavily taxed than our gasoline. [Linked Image]

If they wanted to introduce an incentive, why not make the compact fluoros tax-free instead? I guess that would reduce the government's income though, and we can't have that, can we? [Linked Image]

STAND AND DELIVER!

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