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Rejoice: Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Suspended
Townhall.com ^ | December 16, 2011 | Kate Hicks

Posted on 12/16/2011 8:29:47 AM PST by CedarDave

As part of last night's omnibus budget bill which prevented government shutdown, Republicans won a small victory: they suspended the incandescent light bulb ban. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle bowed to widespread public pressure, as the American people made it clear they weren't interested in this literal government intrusion into their livingrooms.

Congressional Republicans dropped almost all of the policy restrictions they tried to attach to the bill, but won inclusion of the light bulb provision, which prevents the Obama administration from carrying through a 2007 law that would have set energy efficiency standards that effectively made the traditional light bulb obsolete.

The bill doesn’t actually amend the 2007 law, but does prohibit the administration from spending any money to carry out the light bulb standards — which amounts to at least a temporary reprieve.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: greenagenda; lightbulbs
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To: FatherofFive

If you began making light bulbs, you would find that the govt would make it too expensive by way of Executive order, or an EPA ruling.


81 posted on 12/16/2011 10:06:23 AM PST by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics. ProgressiveRepublicansInConservativeCostume)
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To: CedarDave
energy efficiency standards that effectively made the traditional light bulb obsolete

The author apparently doesn't understand the meaning of "obselete". The bill would have made them ILLEGAL, not obselete. Incandescent bulbs are perfectly useful, and in most respects vastly superior to the annoyingly slow to light, mercury-filled abominations known as "compact flourescents".

82 posted on 12/16/2011 10:06:29 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: CedarDave

The size of my carbon footprint is my own dam business


83 posted on 12/16/2011 10:07:57 AM PST by woofie (It takes three villages and a forest of woodland creatures to raise a child in Obamaville)
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To: CedarDave

The size of my carbon footprint is my own dam business


84 posted on 12/16/2011 10:08:18 AM PST by woofie (It takes three villages and a forest of woodland creatures to raise a child in Obamaville)
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To: Sicon

If the factories do not make them, and the stores do not stock them, you have an effective ban no matter what the posturing by politicians.


85 posted on 12/16/2011 10:09:52 AM PST by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics. ProgressiveRepublicansInConservativeCostume)
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To: CedarDave

Now that we’re not forced to buy the new bulbs, I’m sure that their price will come down substantially and quickly because of all the bulbs that are now in the ships that have nowhere to go.


86 posted on 12/16/2011 10:20:09 AM PST by chopperman
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To: CedarDave

When can we get 5 gallon toilet tanks back or at least 3.5’s?


87 posted on 12/16/2011 10:48:35 AM PST by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: raccoonradio

Life is good!


88 posted on 12/16/2011 11:04:51 AM PST by GOPJ (Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred - Proverbs 15)
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To: raccoonradio

Life is good! Now if they’ll lift the ban on ‘low flush’ toilets, horrible dish detergents, etc etc... I’m soooooo sick of liberals pushing their neurotic beliefs on the rest of us.


89 posted on 12/16/2011 11:06:34 AM PST by GOPJ (Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred - Proverbs 15)
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To: CedarDave
Wasn't;t there a light bulb factory in the southern part of the US put out of business due to this insane ban?
90 posted on 12/16/2011 11:30:34 AM PST by warsaw44
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To: Jim Noble
See the update thread:

Congress suspends light bulb ban FUNDING--Update to original reports of law change

91 posted on 12/16/2011 11:38:53 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: CedarDave

Rejoice? It already killed light bulb companies and moved plants over seas. What good is it to recend it now?


92 posted on 12/16/2011 2:34:26 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The funny thing is that the reason we still had domestic manufacturers is that incandescent lights are too fragile and inexpensive to make it worth shipping them from China.


93 posted on 12/17/2011 7:08:28 AM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: CedarDave

It’s to little to late. Most, if not all the companies making incandescent light bulbs in America have already closed down.

I’m really fed up with this government. Now they are attacking our ability to use cell phones in cars.

What’s next;

A privacy wall between the driver and any passengers?

Fast food drive-ins to be outlawed?

You can’t drive on Tuesday’s while wearing anything blue?

Where does this intrusion into our lives get stopped?


94 posted on 12/18/2011 9:41:39 AM PST by thatjoeguy (MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We are so going in ! !)
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