Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 06/02/2011 4:41:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON--America doesn't usually have shortages. Consumers as a rule can find what they want to buy at stores or online. But in 212, days, on January 1, 2012, Americans won't be able to buy 100-watt incandescent light bulbs, the kind Thomas Edison invented and the only kind many of us know-and prefer.
That's because incandescent light bulbs are being phased out by wattage over a two-year period, starting January 2012. The 100-watt bulb will be the first to be outlawed, by act of Congress, followed by 75-watt bulbs in January 2013, and 60- and 40-watt bulbs in January 2014.
So consumers who want to stock up have seven months to buy 100-watt bulbs, 19 months to buy 75-watt bulbs, and 31 months to buy 60- and 40-watt bulbs.
The legislation outlawing the 130-year old light bulb was introduced in 2007 by then-Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat who resigned in February, and Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican. The bill was rolled into the Energy Independence and Security Act, signed by President George W. Bush in December 2007.
The reason for ending the use of incandescent bulbs is to save energy. They burn more electricity than do several newer types of bulbs.
Mr. Upton is now chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. While lobbying among Republicans for the position, he promised to try to repeal the section of the 2007 energy bill that prohibits incandescent bulbs.
"We have heard the grass roots loud and clear, and will have a hearing early next Congress," he said last December. "The last thing we wanted to do was infringe upon personal liberties - and this has been a good lesson that Congress does not always know best."
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Why can’t the ambulance chasers take up a class action suit against GE on these hazardous bulbs?
If so, that's an additional reason to get rid of the darn things.
Commies are going to take away my dimmer switches! I love my dimmer switches.
“It was RINO Bush who signed this crap into law in the first place.”
Thank you. Bush was as bad as a Democrat in many areas.
The list of government CRAP is almost endless. Toilet flushing, light bulbs by dimbulbs, air conditioning refrigerant, fuel standards, parking spaces for the handicapped, and a thousand other issues in that regard. Just consider how much federal government is found in the average vehicle. Seat belts, air bags, fuel use standards, glass, weight, safety standards galore, lighting, and on and on. The list is indeed endless, not to mention DISGUSTING.
WE THE PEOPLE are just incapable of regulating our lives to the standards of bureaucrats liberals, and elected officials.
No—I haven’t seen that discussion, and would like to. What is TSP?
“The last thing we wanted to do was infringe upon personal liberties “ Upton
“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” Judge Gideon J. Tucker
Your chart shows that incandescents, then, use 12% of 4.65% of the electricity generated... or .558% of electricity generated.
This shows it’s about CONTROL, not about being more efficient.
Just as a site that I post often says - man-made CO2 accounts for 0.117% of the total greenhouse effect.
It’s about control of people’s energy usage, and therefore control of people.
So where is the repeal?
We don’ need no stinkin hearings!
Saw at Lowes a LED flood light going for $56.00 and it was on sale.
Does anyone know if this phase out includes the ‘industrial incandescent’ bulb also? I know they make a separate bulb for use in hospitals and other industrial apps that are longer life than the household bulb.
No...the red stripe is what energy use is WITH incandescents...and the green stripe is what light bulb usage in residences would be if there was 100% adoption of CFL’s.
MrB is exactly correct...this is about control.
Tri-Sodium Phosphate
Phosphates are banned from laundry and dishwasher detergents in many areas. Most manufacturers have gone to nationwide formulations, so all areas get phosphate-free product.
You can still manage to buy real TSP as a painting prep cleaning chemical, but you have to be careful you are getting the real stuff. You then add a little to your dishwasher or laundry detergent.
Here are a couple of recent threads on the topic.
Why Everything Is Dirtier
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2718206/posts
How to get your dishwasher back (Make phosphate detergent) Vanity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2673141/posts
Actually, my graph is correct. In the yellow rectangle it is explained...
Of ALL energy used, 4.65% of that goes to ALL residential uses.
Of ALL residential uses, 12% of THAT goes to lighting (which is the red stripe that takes up 12% of the mustard colored pipeline inbound into the Residential block (approximately, I just winged it to get the relative width somewhat the right size)
Does that make sense? It is kind of a hard concept to explain, but I got that 12% of all residential use is lighting number from the Department of Energy website.
Yeah, but we all know prices will come down. Sure it will be affordable in 3 years, if not sooner.
Yes, but it’s a pain in the neck. And pointless, too, inasmuch as the restaurant stuff still has the phosphates in it.
If you look at the graph, the other two lines leading into residential use are Gas (4.87% of all energy use is gas usage going directly to residential uses, heating, dryers, stoves, etc) and Oil (1.16% of all energy use is oil usage going directly to homes as heating oil) both of which don’t contribute to lighting.
-—This, and the fact that the dishwasher detergent is now crap-by-government-mandate.-—
You can still get the good dishwasher detergent.
http://www.restockit.com/cascade-automatic-dishwasher-detergent-85-oz-%2834953pg%29.html
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