Daily Kos: Rep. Steve King and the scary lightbulbs of scary\u00a0doom<\/a><\/p>\nRep. Steve King, Jedi master of lightbulbs<\/p>\n
Rep. Steve King hates energy-efficient lightbulbs. He hates them the way other people might hate cockroaches, or malaria. He hates them exactly as much ……\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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For the record, I'm not thrilled by CFL bulbs. The light quality is a little bit off from the incandescents I grew up with, and the time lag to come to full illumination is maddening. I am waiting the day for reasonably priced LED bulbs, to be honest. 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