Political Crusaders
Thomas
Sowell, April 16, 2008
The latest political crusade
is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the
new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity,
reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight
against global warming.
Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of what
they are advocating, it is especially important that the
rest of us do so before we get swept along by rhetoric
and emotions.
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