plasma tv's and incandescant light bulbs

wow - the government is banning the old style light bulbs, because we are supposed to be able to save so much energy,k by using the new energy saving bulbs (but which are not really suitable for all situations). however, everytime that watso walks past his plasma tv, he can feel the heat - so that appliance must use a lot of energy - yes it does, about 3 times (not too sure - but it could be) the energy of an old crt tv..

why not ban plasma tv's. watso is certain, that plasma tv's are not on the menu for most africans, or asians etc - and there was nothing wrong with the crt tv's - better still, ban tv's all together, and we can get our entertainment from the radio - but hey, why not ban radios - energy usage will plummet.

watso is starting to think that we should ban air conditioners (after all, man has done withougt them for thousands of years etc etc