The trouble is that the alternatives are not at all attractive.....

They're not that bad. It's not like you have to go with Ikea special stick
bulbs.

There is no need for wasteful lighting as low energy alternatives exist.

But not aesthetically acceptable. Until that happens, these are not
viable alternatives.

But why should you be allowed to needlessly pollute just because you prefer
the look of older bulbs, which are actually not more attractive than many
CFLs, just slightly different.

There's more than enough taxation already and this would simply promote a
black market in light bulbs or people would pay the money.

The majority would just buy the CFLs. I can't see lots of people coming back
with 20 packs of light bulbs through the channel tunnel, like they do for
ciggies. Particularly as the alternative will actually save many times their
purchase cost in electricity.

Christian.