Fred Upton of Michigan who votes 66% liberal
As I recall, it was Upton who is responsible for making normal incandescent light bulbs virtually illegal in these United States. It occurs to me now he must have gotten massive contributions from the manufacturers of the non-working, hideous, "green" light bulbs that are all you can buy in a store, which cost $15 or $20 each, are supposed to last 100 years, and pop soon after you get them home. In effect, to get those contributions, Upton is picking the pocket of every household in the U.S.
Someone should research his contributions and mount a series of "shine the light on Upton" attack ads for the 2018 campaign. That whole group needs to be targeted, "frozen" (à la Alinsky), and picked off by detailing the particular suffering and loss each one's policies are causing. Trump is in office, but the the revolution must continue until all the liberals are gone.
Scot, the point of getting rid of normal light bulbs was to force ones that had IP addresses and could be deployed in the Internet of Things.
That’s him- and he “tried” to take it back: https://thinkprogress.org/fred-upton-pushes-vote-to-kill-his-own-light-bulb-efficiency-standards-da3e513dcbef
Also, as Chairman of the House House Energy and Commerce Committee, he authored the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 which required grid-controllable water heaters- raising the price of the cheapest water heaters by 60%- $100.
From $240 to $340. An extra $100 for nothing but profit to the manufacturer. (Yes, I got caught by this.)
All it would take is to run a good conservative in the primary against him. He would then lose to the Dem in the General.
But, odd though it sounds, this RINO is just the kind of Republicann that Trump would support in an election- if he went along with Trump sometimes.
It may well be that Upton caused the demise of the incandescent light bulb and forced us to use CFLs for a time, but this new generation of LED bulbs is a major advancement in illumination, power consumption and life. They are now offering them in a number of color temperatures so they provide illumination identical to the incandescent bulbs they replaced. We have a modern home that uses mostly R-30 and R-40 recessed fixtures. We went all in and just junked the incandescent bulbs and replaced them all, and the electricity savings is substantial. A 75 watt R30 uses about 15 watts, you do the math. The other thing that’s nice is that they don’t produce much heat so you don’t have to aircon your place to take out that waste heat.