Posted on 01/17/2008 5:16:01 AM PST by fweingart
Said this on an another thread and it is my new mindset. There is a struggle for power today in America. It is the people vs the Government. It is us against them.
They are working on a 'bill' for every homeowner where the thermostats can be controlled by a centrally located government thermostat control center!
What a free-market apologist!
sheesh
/s
However, he WAS AN AMERICAN.
I'm still searching the Constitution for the clause that gives the government authority to write laws that insure profits for business. See my tagline!
Right-O!
It's the shrinking pool of intelligent Americans against the ignorant ones AND the liberal pansies we allow to rule our lives.
“And where do you think the 31 cent incandescent bulbs are built?
Pennsylvania.
At least, that’s what the box claims.”
The box says “Made in Pennsylvania?” Or is the company’s corporate HQ in PA?
If he thought he could swing it, he absolutely would have tried. He did invent the electric chair to discredit rivals pushing direct current over his alternating current.
The box of standard, incandescent bulbs is labeled “Proudly Made in [some town], Pennsylvania”. I forget if it was GE, Sylvania, or Philips bulbs ... in any case, they were for sale at Lowe’s.
But that’ll change quickly over the next couple of years I’m sure.
I've seen one LED light from OSRAM that puts out>1000 lumen. Now a PAR38 flood light puts out around 650 lumen, and a 50 watt halogen around 900. Wattage for the LED, around 13W (75 lm per W).
I haven't seen any retail applications - yet. but they're coming. So don't fret the Edison bulb ban, or the CFL crap. LED is the light of the future.
“The box of standard, incandescent bulbs is labeled “Proudly Made in [some town], Pennsylvania”. I forget if it was GE, Sylvania, or Philips bulbs ... in any case, they were for sale at Lowe’s.”
Wow, that’s pretty cool. Glad to see some things are still made here.
“I haven’t seen any retail applications - yet. but they’re coming. So don’t fret the Edison bulb ban, or the CFL crap. LED is the light of the future.”
They do sell some now.
http://www.ledlight.com/detail.aspx?ID=26
But $65 for an equivalent 60w bulb for your lamp. Ouch.
The other way around. Edison was in favor of DC. He tried to get people to call death by electricution "Westinghouse" to discredit his primary rival.
A Parliament of Whores
Likewise ... and I'm seriously annoyed that all the new, hi-tech bulbs are being made for the benefit of the Peoples' Liberation Army.
I told a lib relative that I have a solution for the energy situation.
Now that Congress has regulated our toilet water and banned lightbulbs,
we could just hook up the founders spinning in their graves to giant turbines and generate all the power we need.
Thank God Tesla and Westinghouse won out. Otherwise we’d have power stations on every block.
Used to be near St.Louis
Feb 2007
GE turns off lights at Wellston plant: 175 losing jobs
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/02/05/story11.html
Could be. I just find it strange these companies ALSO make all the standard filament bulbs. So they’re losing part of their business to try to gain other?
I know, the new swizzles are very expensive, so maybe they can make alot. But theoretically, they “last forever”, so there would be no replacement profit.
How does this really profit them again? How does it work out long-term better than old-fashioned filaments?
Or is it more for the egos of the EnviroMental NAZIs?
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