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How Conservatives Lost the Light Bulb (and Got it Back Again)
Canada Free Press ^ | 2/5/2014 | Gretchen Olson

Posted on 02/05/2014 8:15:44 AM PST by rktman

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To: Starstruck
It gave it’s life to keep my water from freezing. R.I.P.

Yep. Sub-zero in northern Idaho this week and I had to transition from keeping a bulb lit to keeping the heater on full time. It's cheaper than burst pipes.

When we built my well house one of my contractor's kids "helpfully" replaced the incandescent with a CFL. "They run cooler and they're more energy efficient," the little guy chirped. Dad was not amused.

41 posted on 02/05/2014 10:01:37 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Focault's Pendulum

Cool. That’s the guy who “discovered” the Rough-Service loophole?


42 posted on 02/05/2014 10:12:25 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: piroque

The same thing happened when the 100 watt bulb was banned. Shortly thereafter, the shelves were stocked with 90 watts. Congress has way too much time on its hands - they need to be part-timers to keep them from screwing up everything in our lives.


43 posted on 02/05/2014 10:30:44 AM PST by Catsrus (A)
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To: NEMDF

Same here, 300 plus light bulbs bought at $1 4/pack and 50 cent/4 pack,none GE. I won’t even buy a light bulb from GE.


44 posted on 02/05/2014 10:41:08 AM PST by libbylu
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To: rktman

I love leds, I love low flow toilets, I love water heaters that won’t ignite fumes, and so on, the problem is that they are forced on us a decade or more before they are adequate to win over the market place.

Using law to force these beta products on the consumer 10, 15, even 20 years before they are ready, wastes billions of dollars, and immeasurable amounts of resources and energy and landfill space.

I’m paying $5.00 and $8.00 per bulb to buy led bulbs because I am a gadget guy, and I am willing to put out money when I have it, to manage long term costs for when I don’t have money, but neither of those applies to my upper middle class female friends, I still can’t recommend leds to them.

I detest this cycle of the left forcing good things on America before those good things are ready for prime time, so we then go through billions of dollars worth of junk and throwaways, and complaints, and a destroyed image for the whole idea or product.


45 posted on 02/05/2014 10:45:36 AM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: bboop
This article doesn’t make sense
46 posted on 02/05/2014 10:49:29 AM PST by caveat emptor (Always be polite !)
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To: Cyber Liberty
That’s the guy who “discovered” the Rough-Service loophole?

I'm pretty sure it is, but it's not so much a loophole as contractual fulfillment. Certain commercial, industrial applications require them. And get this, so do some government agencies. The bastards!

The company is located here in NJ, about 70 miles north of me.

47 posted on 02/05/2014 10:54:46 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: MrB
looking for that 98W bulb though.

I won't have to look for awhile.....like a few decades. I find that it's much easier to read with a 100 watt light bulb than anything else, focusing that wattage on my food when I eat makes me more satisfied with less food, and the heat from them is pleasant on a cold winter day.

It does not make sense to pretend we're still a free nation when we had to stockpile enough high-wattage light bulbs to last a lifetime.

48 posted on 02/05/2014 10:56:39 AM PST by grania
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To: Focault's Pendulum
I'm pretty sure it is, but it's not so much a loophole as contractual fulfillment. Certain commercial, industrial applications require them. And get this, so do some government agencies. The bastards!

They should do what the rest of us had to. I have a garage stacked to the roof with 'em.

49 posted on 02/05/2014 10:59:04 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: rktman
"The lesson is obvious: tribal politics are a distraction. What you don’t know about those 1000-page bills can hurt you, no matter who is in the Oval office and which side of the aisle is promoting them."

Too sadly true, especially since Congress Critters don't seem capable of READING them, or if so, understanding what they entail in the larger scope of things.

50 posted on 02/05/2014 11:24:19 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: rktman; Timber Rattler; cripplecreek; epluribus_2; Texas Fossil; 22202NOVA; bboop; Graewoulf; ...
So here's the deal: The omnibus budget didn't provide funding for the ENFORCEMENT of the ban law.

Living with weasels (apologies to actual weasels). Not that you needed any more reason to disrespect congress...

51 posted on 02/05/2014 12:51:14 PM PST by onona (The entitlement army doesnÂ’t vote for candidates, they vote for gravy.)
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To: onona
So here's the deal: The omnibus budget didn't provide funding for the ENFORCEMENT of the ban law.

But since Obama has a pen and Executive Orders, no one will start a lightbulb business with that over their heads so no enforcement needed.

52 posted on 02/05/2014 2:14:51 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Starstruck

I’d think the Chinese would be more than happy to fill that gap.


53 posted on 02/05/2014 2:16:48 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: bboop

Yeah, the smarty-pants writer is clearly a mouthy pseudo-intellectual intent on writing a thorough piece which, alas, turns out to be gobbledy-gook.

If you find out whether or not we get to buy more incandescent bulbs, let me know. :-)


54 posted on 02/05/2014 4:32:07 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Timber Rattler

Fred Upton and ALL Republicans, including President Bush, should be thrown in jail or tried for treason for this blatantly unconstitutional power grab.

And they want us to give them MORE seats in 2014? Why? To screw it up and act like Dems?


55 posted on 02/05/2014 4:36:25 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I have about 5 copy paper boxes full of 100 watt incandescent bulbs. Around 250 total.


56 posted on 02/05/2014 4:38:03 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: Starstruck

My prayers! lol


57 posted on 02/05/2014 4:39:59 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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