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Republicans Try to Block New Light Bulb Restrictions
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| March 22, 2011
| Molly Henneberg
Posted on 03/22/2011 5:36:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
” the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed by then-President George W. Bush’
With fine legislation like this, how did the ‘pubs lose in 2008?/sarc
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:36:07 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: jazusamo
I’m already hoarding incandescents.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:37:28 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Member Emeritus of Vitriolics Anonymous.)
To: jazusamo
And signed in to law by our very own republican socialist and redistributionist and chief G W Bush.
So it IS Bush’s fault.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:37:28 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
(Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God!)
To: jazusamo
Republicans should repeal all government interference in companies that manufacture stuff ... with the possible and careful exceptio nof safety requirements.
Leave our toilets, washing machines, all appliances, gasoline ... just get out of it.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:37:30 PM PDT
by
altura
To: jazusamo
...complaining that the replacements cast a unattractive light compared to the warmth of incandescent bulbs... By the time they produce any light I forget why I came into the room in the first place.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:42:35 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: jazusamo
I wonder who owns these new light bulbs?
46
posted on
03/22/2011 6:49:10 PM PDT
by
bronxville
(Sarah will be the first American female president.)
To: bronxville
47
posted on
03/22/2011 6:55:23 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
To: jazusamo
I try to stock up on 100 watt bulbs when I go to the store before they’re unavailable.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:57:01 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(In the contemporary world, they pulled a Pearl Harbor. We need to pull a Hiroshima.)
To: Domandred; bronxville
GE does. Yep, and they have new plants in China.
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posted on
03/22/2011 7:02:46 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: BunnySlippers
There are a variety of options other than compact fluorescent bulbs. While, in theory CFLs will save you money over incandescents you have to live with their limitations. (variable color, slow start time, light quality changing over their life) LEDs bulbs while still very expensive will also save you money in the long run. They can last for 50,000 hours, are dimmable, instant on, and produce little heat. CFLs are a transitional lighting technology at best.
Of course the absolute most efficent light source as measure by lumens per watt is high pressure sodium lamps...and you don't see greenies pushing those on the consumer. Per usual their rhetoric isn't an accurate reflection of their motives. Lighting companies have invested heavily in CFLs and are colluding with government to foist it on the consumer before they convert to LED lighting. It's really that simple.
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posted on
03/22/2011 7:08:24 PM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: Domandred
Sylvania does as well. GE might actually be a few steps behind.
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posted on
03/22/2011 7:09:26 PM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: jazusamo
An important thing to know that was left to the very last line of the Fox News article:
The last plant that made them in the U.S. moved its light bulb operation to China in September.
So now the question is, which is more important to us as conservatives? Maintaining our ability to choose a more expensive, antiquated, foreign-made piece of technology, or pulling our collective heads out of our asses and realizing that fighting over lightbulbs is stupid.
If you don’t like the color of the new bulbs, then build a better one yourself and sell it, you’ll make a mint.
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posted on
03/22/2011 7:11:02 PM PDT
by
Behemothpanzer
(You are entitled to your own opinion. You are not entitled to your own facts.)
To: manc
Dude, you are so right on and I mean that sincerely.
To: jazusamo
I foresee a vibrant future market for incandescent bulbs on Ebay.
To: gatorhead
wish I was wrong but so many things have happened these last few days. Soros , Petrobas and oil ,Rio, obama, freeloading mother in law brings a friend on our dime, why is the mother in law getting free vacations anyway let alone living at the white house wit freebies? Libya, Japan, middles east, North Africa.etc etc etc. Notice how none of this is making the news because he started a war which has nothing to do with us at all, hell we don;t even know the end game and everyone is confused including our allies. I'm off for a drink
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posted on
03/22/2011 7:25:02 PM PDT
by
manc
(Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
To: laweeks
Ive started stockpiling. Every time I go to the grocery store for anything I drop a buck for 4 Edison bulbs.Heck, I buy more than four at a clip. So far, I think I have at least two hundred bulbs. Given my age, I think I have accumulated a lifetime supply.
To: jazusamo
Good I hate the new lightbulbs. I am an unrepentant hoarder of the old ones.
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posted on
03/22/2011 9:00:06 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: OldPossum; jazusamo; fatrat
fatrat wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv59PJ30WeM
I ran across this video the other day and while watching it, I suddenly realized how a small group of citizens could easily
1) shut down the federal government, 2) make the govt repeal it's mandate on these light bulbs, or 3)accomplish both objectives
If there were accidental breakages of these bulbs in key government buildings daily then they would have to shut down the affected buildings and evacuate them each time for at least a few minutes to comply with EPA regulations.
. One will wreak just as much havoc as 100 and you dont need an assault - just Joe Shmoe dropping by his favorite govt bldg on his way home from Walmart and accidentally dropping one out of his Walmart bag. I suggest that the EPA headquarters should be high on the list of priorities for possible accidents with these bulbs.
From
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2691717/posts
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posted on
03/22/2011 9:19:09 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: jazusamo
Charles Krauthammer on Fox News tonight asked : "How many people does it take to change a CFL bulb?"
The answer: "Ten - one to switch the bulb and nine to help him into his Hazmat suit"........
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Thanks jazusamo.
Is the traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulb about to go the way of the Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Uh, that's nice, but pick your battles for cryin' out loud. Obama's a pro-jihadist anti-American Muzzie who's pushed up the US deficit by a significant fraction in just one full year.
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posted on
03/23/2011 3:36:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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