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House turns off light bulb standards by voice vote
The Politco ^ | July 15, 2011 | DARREN GOODE

Posted on 07/15/2011 3:36:26 PM PDT by NRG1973

The House on Friday morning moved to block federal light bulb efficiency standards without even a roll call vote.

An amendment from Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) defunding the Energy Department's standards for traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient starting next year was approved rather anticlimactically by voice vote.

The success of the amendment appeared inevitable in the House, where the fate of the incandescent light bulb became a symbol in the fight against federal regulations.

Democrats and the White House have opposed the move to block the standards, which were included in a 2007 energy bill signed by President George W. Bush. DOE has said the standards could save consumers $6 billion a year.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bulbs; dimbulb; doe; energy; epilectic; flicker; generalelectric; incandescent; jihadobama; lightbulbs; nergy; obamasjihad
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To: NRG1973

This is good, I hope it sticks. The “energy saving” bulbs don’t save anything.

This whole idea was brought on by the same idiots who decided that the bathroom lights need to be on a timer. Guess what? Turning the lights on and off 400 times a day DECREASES bulb life, so it winds up COSTING money, not saving. And it’s real fun to be sitting on the toilet in the dark throwing toilet paper balls to try go get the sensor to turn the lights back on.


41 posted on 07/15/2011 4:57:45 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
You can purchase compact fluorescent bulbs in identical color temperatures as incandescent bulbs.

Color temperature is independent from spectral uniformity. Incandescent bulbs tend to be rather lacking toward the violet end of the spectrum, but the light they produce is quite uniform in the red, yellow, and green regions. LEDs and fluorescent lights tend to produce a number of discrete wavelengths. Some materials reflect light of certain discrete wavelengths much better than light of nearby wavelengths. When viewed with LED or fluorescent lights, such materials may appear to have a color different from those observed under sunlight, firelight, or incandescent light.

42 posted on 07/15/2011 5:03:36 PM PDT by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: muawiyah
There's no $6 billion to save. Never was. The EPA/Energy estimate was based on the idea that every light in a home was 100 Watt and burned 24/7.

I don't question that in the least.

Any more I would trust US economic news out of Beijing more than I do Washington. (beltway press)

43 posted on 07/15/2011 5:05:12 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: NRG1973

I LOVE it.....as Palin said.. “Gold start to the GOP!”


44 posted on 07/15/2011 5:09:46 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: shhrubbery!
Oh, and the best part was this: TRIS was found to be carcinogenic (just like mercury in those curly lightbulbs is poisonous).

I thought the best part after finding out that TRIS could cause kidney and bladder cancer was when Sears (IIRC), and some other American companies that were sitting on a lot of TRIS sleepwear marketed it in Europe as High End, fancy schmancy sleepwear for kids.

45 posted on 07/15/2011 5:10:30 PM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: WMarshal
I recommend that you take a box of these poisonous mercury squiggly bulbs to your congress critter’s office in August and ‘accidentally’ drop and break them in the waiting area.

Depends on if your Rep is a dim, or not.

If they are, you'll likely be dealing with jackbooted thugs from the Department of Homeland Security discussing something about "domestic terrorism."

This ain't your Father's U.S. of A., and his Oldsmobile is long gone.

46 posted on 07/15/2011 5:11:05 PM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE! WHICH MEANS; IF YOU'RE ON DEFENSE, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.)
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To: combat_boots
• Keep the central heating/air conditioning system shut off and the window open for at least 15 minutes after vacuuming is completed.

I live in Minnesota. If I break a bulb in January, there's no way in hell I'm leaving my window open for 15 minutes. Barack has made fuel exorbitantly expensive as it is.

47 posted on 07/15/2011 5:12:58 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: NRG1973

I don’t want to ban either light bulb. Consumers should get to choose which they prefer.

Democrats are only pro-choice when it comes to killing babies.


48 posted on 07/15/2011 5:13:12 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Pravious

The day the light bulb Nazis decided to try to force me to use those pos bulbs was the day I began buying 100 watt bulbs by the case. Buy one get one free, a good sale, I bought everything on the shelf. I have enough bulbs to last 3 generations. I won’t say how many I have now in storage but I can assure you, the number is astronomical. I detest those other bulbs. I’m stocked up up on enough 60, 75 and 100 watt to last for generations.
It just made me feel good to buy them. Each time I paid I said to myself.... FUBO!!


49 posted on 07/15/2011 5:14:12 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: SUSSA

Me too!!! Oh well, at least I will never need to buy light bulbs again.


50 posted on 07/15/2011 5:15:15 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Bingo!

I use 100 w bulbs to keep my pipes from bursting in the wellhouse and in the bathroom (no central heat). They work like a charm, keep the bath pleasant all winter and the well pipes open even in single digits last winter.

I’ve got a stash.


51 posted on 07/15/2011 5:16:52 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jeff Chandler

They are $$ and I hate them.


52 posted on 07/15/2011 5:17:08 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: HenpeckedCon

Don’t forget that this was done under George W. Bush. It is part of his legacy along with the prescription drug program.


53 posted on 07/15/2011 5:27:06 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Jedidah

I want this to pass this bill if for no other reason than to piss Neal Boortz and Al Gore off for the same reason.


54 posted on 07/15/2011 5:30:26 PM PDT by Dacula (Ralax we are all two tents)
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To: hattend
Somehow, I don’t see this getting through Reid’s Senate or Obama’s desk.

The Senate hasn't proposed, much less passed, a budget in well over two years. As a matter of fact I can't recall the last thing they passed. They certainly won't pass something that removes government power, no matter how slight.

55 posted on 07/15/2011 5:32:10 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: NRG1973
Gotta pass the Senate first. obama may never see this puppy.
56 posted on 07/15/2011 5:32:19 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: NRG1973
DOE has said the standards could save consumers $6 billion a year.

Heck, if I could save even $2 or $3 billion a year it would be worthwhile for me to change...

/s

57 posted on 07/15/2011 5:33:47 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: NRG1973

I’ll bet the Dems and Obama will pass it, they will see that it’s a spending bill and won’t even read it.


58 posted on 07/15/2011 5:41:10 PM PDT by PMAS
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To: NRG1973

Well this is one small win for us, but the eye is on the prize, a solid debt ceiling.


59 posted on 07/15/2011 5:45:26 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The right to bear arms is proved to prevent totalitarian genocide.)
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To: combat_boots

I get a chuckle thinking about many of Obama’a base following these instructions....what a pile of stable droppings!


60 posted on 07/15/2011 5:52:48 PM PDT by jennings2004 (Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
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