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Switching all broadcast off of analog so a few million americans have to buy new TVs?
Oh wait... they did that.
Oh wait... they did that.
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Light Bulb Ban
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that's true but we don't live in a true free market economy and never willIn a free market economy, the consumer has the choice
You owned this thing?: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/led_bulb_replac.phpBLAHAHAHAHA, LED bulbs are absolutely TERRIBLE right now regardless of price. Go out and read reviews on them -- their rated light output is nothing even close to what actually comes out, they don't diffuse light well at all, and they leave everything with a blue tint. I got a free 100 LED bulb from the company I work for....it's rated at something like 60 or 65 watts and it pretty much can't light SH:T. I wondered if it was just the bulb I got or what so I went to Amazon to read some reviews of others and every review said they were all pathetic.
Long term maybe they'll amount to something but it looks to be a long way off....especially when CFL has matured pretty well.
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meh. I've been buying the quartz-halogen jobbies for a while now. Pretty soon all the bulbs in the house will be using them.
Yeah, they may be a lot more expensive, but they do live up to their billing as lasting a minimum 2 years...
Yeah, they may be a lot more expensive, but they do live up to their billing as lasting a minimum 2 years...
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oh... and to go with that bit of bass-ackward legislation, here's this tidbit from the head economist here @ work:
On the front page of the NYT today, the paper focuses on government subsidies for biofuels as a leading culprit in the food shortages and riots sweeping through Asia and Latin America. The US Congress doubled its target for corn-Ethanol production this year, despite corn shortages and rising prices last year and mounting evidence that corn-ethanol has little or no ecological benefit.
Switching all broadcast off of analog so a few million americans have to buy new TVs?
Oh wait... they did that.
Conversion boxes, the gov't is handing them out for FREE. Maybe a few stupid americans will buy TV but not the ones who actually give a s*** about anything and ******* read the newspaper or WATCH THE TV THEY ALREADY OWN.
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Wow.. Because that was a great reason to fly off the handle.. Tone it down there champ.
I hate fluorescents, they make my eyes hurt.
They can cause migraines and seizures in some people.
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They can cause migraines and seizures in some people.
maybe the gov'ment is trying to weed those people out.
/tinfoil hat, please.
Look, I'm not fourthmeal or anything, and I agree that in the end it's only a light bulb, but we live in a democracy founded on capitalism, and this is nothing like that. The role of government as the framers intended was to do its job and stay out of the way. I have no problem with the government protecting the nation, passing the laws needed to keep order, etc, but to begin to force people to only buy certain products is socialist. In a free market economy, the consumer has the choice, and anything less than that is un-American.
Sure it's 2012, and it's only a light bulb...the reason it's 2012 is clearly expressed in one of the above posts...people won't care now, and once it comes into play, it will be too late to change anything. As for it being just a light bulb, I both agree and disagree...on the one hand, it's a somewhat inconsequential household good, however, it's something that everyone uses, and it's something that will affect every single American, both as an inconvenience and an expense issue.
Bottom line, the government forcing a product off the market is fundamentally antithetical to what America is about, and sure it's only a lightbulb...but what comes next?
I don't really agree with you. CFs could save many billions of barrels of oil/year if used in all lights (more to put in our cars!) and studies have shown that many of the new bulbs are comprable if not better in light output and quality than incandescent lights. (I believe that Science or Popular Mechanics did an article on this (google))
They are dimmable and i have had no issue replacing all different types of bulbs in my home with these. They do take a few seconds to reach full light output especially when cold.
The only place I don't use one is on my outside motion light due to the constant on/off it sees. IMO this is a great idea.
I am also sure that the bulbs will be recyclable and continue to drop in both price and mercury content as has been the trend for the last 5+ years.
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Every time a bulb goes in my house, I replace it with a CFL.. I've got a bunch in use right now. I actually rather like them.. They seem brighter than traditional bulbs.
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It is a revolutionary hurricane protection system. The house is so light, it just blows away with the storm and lands somewhere else.
I'm not sure if it was that exact one but it was basically the same thing....looked pretty much the same as that. All in all it was crap so I ended up tossing it.You owned this thing?: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/led_bulb_replac.php
I'm not sure if it was that exact one but it was basically the same thing....looked pretty much the same as that. All in all it was crap so I ended up tossing it.
Well that sucks. CF isn't so bad I guess. (uhm)
you have a carbon fiber house? that's awesome. it must be super fast because it's so light
(werd) In hurricanes it is just unreal!(first)
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