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The GOP doubled down on protecting old outdated lightbulbs. Yep, no jobs bill, caved on the debt talk, can't reppeal "Obamacare"..What a joke.
Not only that, just as Fed regulation has done in the past it has kicked corporate American in the ass and a result guess what, suddenly companies are discovering that they can develop innovative designs that are actually more energy efficient and please to the eye. Sort of like car companies that couldn't figure out how to make fuel efficient vehicles until placed up against the regulatory wall. Funny how that works.
They're actually 10x cheaper when you consider the electricity they save.
But what I don't understand the stubbornness. The ban is on 100 watt bulbs. You can still buy 95 watt bulbs.
There is no ban.
And I can save more than $100/year other ways.
House to vote on repealing lightbulb efficiency standards
"Signed by George W. Bush, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires lightbulb manufacturers to improve the efficiency of incandescent bulbs by 25 percent. The law doesn’t ban incandescents and doesn’t require the use of compact fluorescent lightbulbs. All it mandates is that lightbulbs be made better. Doing so can save the average homeowner $100 a year in energy costs."
There is no ban.
And I can save more than $100/year other ways.
House to vote on repealing lightbulb efficiency standards
"Signed by George W. Bush, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires lightbulb manufacturers to improve the efficiency of incandescent bulbs by 25 percent. The law doesn’t ban incandescents and doesn’t require the use of compact fluorescent lightbulbs. All it mandates is that lightbulbs be made better. Doing so can save the average homeowner $100 a year in energy costs."
By a vote of 233-193 the House GOP failed to repeal the light bulb efficiency standards. I know that doesn't seem like a jobs bill but it must be because the GOP promised that Jobs was going to be their #1 priority. And while it didn't seem to me that defunding Planned Parent Hood, repealing the Affordable Health Care Act, or slashing jobs at the federal, state and local level but I am sure they must know what they are doing.
That's weird, because I thought it was all about "job creation" for the GOP? Why would they not follow up on what they campaigned on?
They're actually 10x cheaper when you consider the electricity they save.
But what I don't understand the stubbornness. The ban is on 100 watt bulbs. You can still buy 95 watt bulbs.
No. You should really try comparing lumens per watt as opposed to whatever method you were using. They use about 1/5 less electricity to produce close to the same lumens.
That doesn't speak at all about what Kelvin rating it has.
Now it may be slightly even more efficient than that because of the power used to remove or add heat to the home with the higher rated wattage. It's certainly not saving you 1/10 the power though and the bulb makers don't even claim that.
As far as hazardous goes, most people were fine with a thermostat with 300 times more mercury in it before they even knew how an old mercury bulb thermostat worked. 5 mg isn't your biggest problem in this world.
Last edited by BigJon3475; 07-13-2011 at 07:44 AM..
By a vote of 233-193 the House GOP failed to repeal the light bulb efficiency standards. I know that doesn't seem like a jobs bill but it must be because the GOP promised that Jobs was going to be their #1 priority. And while it didn't seem to me that defunding Planned Parent Hood, repealing the Affordable Health Care Act, or slashing jobs at the federal, state and local level but I am sure they must know what they are doing.
Why don't you educate people instead of banning crap?
Then the people will willingly buy the bulbs instead of fight you every step of the way.
Sort of like keeping people on welfare for their own good then all they do is learn how to stay on welfare and find more programs related to welfare.
If they had to feed themselves, house themselves and transport themselves to and from work they might actually learn something. Instead they actually learn to navigate through the federal bureaucracy which is amazing and says a lot about what they're capable of.
People are going to have to get used to much lower incomes. The rest of the world has been doing it for some time now and no, it's not because someone got rich. Those people get rich because the people who aren't willingly give up every red cent to them for stuff they don't need.
Since they voted it down, it means the Republicans can reject several things at once. Since they held the House since January, what have the Republicans actually passed?
Nothing. Which, again, is why they were elected. Why do you want chinese funded government jobs?
Since when is it the job of Congress to create PRIVATE SECTOR jobs? The role of Congress is to promote commerce and stay out of the way.
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