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Conservatives Shy Away from Light Bulbs With Eco-Friendly Labels
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| 4/30/13
| Megan Gannon
Posted on 05/09/2013 3:10:44 PM PDT by Libloather
Conservatives may be less likely to buy energy efficient light bulbs if they're packaged as environmentally friendly, new research suggests.
In one study, participants were given $2 to spend on a light bulb with a choice between a 50-cent incandescent bulb and a $1.50 compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb. They were told the CFL bulb would last 9,000 more hours and reduce energy costs by 75 percent compared with the old-fashioned bulb.
Both liberal and conservative participants were more likely to choose the CFL bulb, the researchers found. But if the CFL bulb was marked with a sticker that said "Protect The Environment," those who identified as politically moderate or conservative shied away.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bulbs; cfls; climatechange; conservatives; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; light; mercurypoisoning
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The debate is over. Global warming is a hoax. Can I now have my incandescent bulbs back? Please?
To: Libloather
if the CFL bulb was marked with a sticker that said "Protect The Environment"..... .....then it was lying because they're filled with poisonous mercury.
So the conservative who recalled the stupidity of the product would be smart.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:14:28 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
To: Libloather
Conservatives may be less likely to buy energy efficient light bulbs if they're packaged as environmentally friendly.
That's because eco friendly generally means "This product is overpriced crap".
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:16:29 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Libloather
I’ve been using the compact fluorescent bulbs for years because my office building has 14 foot ceilings, and I have to drag an eight foot ladder out every time I have to change a bulb. They do last a lot longer. but I don’t need the government telling me what kind of bulbs to use. I tend to use incandescent bulbs where changing them is not difficult.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:16:43 PM PDT
by
Daveinyork
(."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
To: Libloather
I NEVER buy anything with an eco friendly label. I’m not supporting that junk.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:17:02 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Libloather
Luckily there was plenty of warning so that a lifetime supply of inexpensive, reliable, safe, instant-on incandescent bulbs could be acquired.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:17:02 PM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Libloather
Too funny. I’m guilty. lol
To: Libloather
I also avoid businesses who have given in to the envircommies. Anytime I notice a business touting some environmental benefit to their products, services, or operations I either call or drop them a note letting them know why I will no longer be a customer.
To: Uncle Miltie
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:19:59 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
To: Libloather
How can it be “ecologically friendly” when breaking one constitutes an ecological disaster?!?
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:20:51 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Inyo-Mono
I NEVER buy anything with an eco friendly label. Im not supporting that junk. That's at least two of us.
Also on my list not to buy is "fat free" or "sugar free". I have found both to be "taste free".
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:21:48 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
To: Libloather
Should have bought ahead-—LOL!
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:21:49 PM PDT
by
basil
(basil --Second Amendment Sisters.org)
To: Libloather
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:22:47 PM PDT
by
tomkat
( yo! > tyrannis delenda est !)
To: Graybeard58
Also on my list not to buy is "fat free" or "sugar free". I have found both to be "taste free".Same here.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:23:24 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Uncle Miltie
That’s the stuff I played with back in the 50s as a kid - - from broken thermometers.
I’m sure it’s gonna kill me off one of these years....
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:25:08 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: Uncle Miltie
I like the LED for outdoor applications where they are expected to operate in the cold, they work better than CFLs, and last longer than regular bulbs.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:25:55 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: .45 Long Colt
I also avoid businesses who have given in to the envircommies. Anytime I notice a business touting some environmental benefit to their products, services, or operations I either call or drop them a note letting them know why I will no longer be a customer. I dropped Waste Management as my garbage picker upper when they started promoting how "green" they were and I discovered that I was paying for their "greenness" to the tune of $78 quarterly. I switched to a non green company at $50 per quarter and let W-M know why.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:26:42 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
To: nascarnation
My first grade class passed around a puddle of it, much to our amusement. I think the teacher helped. :-)
The good old days.....
Now, dudes in Hazmat Suits would show up, and the school would be a Superfund site.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:26:48 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
To: Libloather
“...Can I now have my incandescent bulbs back?...”
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And my well functioning toilet, shower nozzle, dishwasher, washing machine, detergent, gasoline, etc., etc., etc.
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posted on
05/09/2013 3:28:15 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Graybeard58
You are a man after my own heart.
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