CEI Podcast for February 17, 2011: Let the Best Bulb Win

Have a listen here.

Brian McGraw, a policy analyst for CEI’s Center for Energy & Environment, talks about the coming incandescent light bulb ban, who it benefits (bulb manufacturers), and who it hurts (consumers who no longer have a choice). Brian also touches on the important distinction between pro-business and pro-market thought. Pro-business thinkers would tend to support an incandescent ban, given what it could do for bulb manufacturer’s bottom lines. Pro-market thinkers, prefer an open, competitive market process where consumers decide which type of bulb is best, instead of lobbyists and politicians.