[.cnI redruM]

So EnergyStar is pretty much a rip-off....

[P-40]

The legislation offers a new credit for plug-in hybrid vehicles of at least $4,000 per taxpayer

Guess they wanted to match the incentives given for all those unsold SUVs sitting on the lots.

Why would you offer a credit for something that is already selling out? Stupid!

[rabscuttle385]

As he told C-Span, "I sincerely doubt that the American people will be willing to pay what this is really going to cost them."

Oh do tell, Dingell, you Communist...

Exactly how much is this idiocy really going to cost us?

[KarlInOhio]

and requires that all bulbs be 300 times more efficient than ordinary bulbs are today by 2020.

300 times? A common 100 watt incandescent bulb is 2.6% efficient. 300 times that would be 780% efficient, so you would get 7.8 times as much power in the visible spectrum compared to the total amount of energy you put in. If you get an efficient solar cell, the light would be able to power itself along with lighting the room.

[curiosity]

Not at all. If Congress actually wants to increase energy efficiency there is a simple, elegant and cost-effective way to how to go about it. Just make energy more expensive. The easiest way to do that is a carbon tax. Such a tax would make fossil fuels which are contributing to man-made global warming more expensive, making low-carbon energy alternatives more relatively attractive.

Yup. That's what dems would do if they really wanted to limit energy consumption. Of course, they're not really interested in that; they're just interested in political posturing.

Typical.

I hope president Bush vetos this POS legislation.

[darkangel82]

With all the problems we face, these idiots are working to ban light bulbs.