Oh! It is so sad. It is doubly sad. The workers are losing their jobs, and we, who love traditional light bulbs are being deprived of a product we want. And those vile CFL bulbs? They're made in China.
Thanks a lot, Congress.
Now, how many incandescent bulbs do I need to stockpile last until the end of my life? I need to buy them before 2014....
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 212 of 212Perhaps HD would like to share what decisions he wouldn't allow the government to make for all of us.
Anything, HD? Anything at all?
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We don't need to stockpile incandesent bulbs. We just need to get a more liberty minded congress.
Voting starts this November.
"Incadescent speakeasy." Hmm, sounds like a good name for a blog. If only I had something interesting to say.
I had the same experience as Rocketeer67; a few years ago I bought some CFLs and not one lasted more than 3 months. One bulb failed outright in weeks. The others got progressively dim with a subtle green cast.
I also found that the claims that a 15 watt CFL is the same as a 60 watt incandescent to be nonsense--every one I've tried is about the same as a 45 watt bulb.
Last summer we stayed at a hotel that used CFLs. They weren't bad, but so dim that I kept thinking I hadn't turned the lights on right. It was quite annoying.
Great article by Ron Rosenbaum from a couple of years ago, he says Congress has banned beauty.
oops, lets try it like this
http://www.slate.com/id/2183163/
The same gibbering ninnies who need Mommy Government to tell them what to eat now want Mommy Government to make everyone use magic light bulbs (which suck at the one thing they're supposed to do). So typical.
Squirmy little shits could never be happy with turning their OWN lights off or monitoring their OWN diets, they need everyone to do what they say, no matter how pointless, expensive or dangerous.
No wonder the country hates the Left and all the moderates have fled to the Tea Party.
Put me down as another who remembers lead type. Also graphite and asbestos was used in the making of slugs and galleys full of type.
"In sum, you skipped the part where developmentally disabled people like me who have light sensitivities will be forced to do without the sources of light we are compatible with."
Time to sue Congress under the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Wait a minute... You mean Congress exempts itself from its own laws?
Dang...
It certainly would be interesting to explore the possibility of a legal challenge based on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Somebody should do it.
Somebody with less executive dysfunction and more time than I've got.
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15 years later, it's morning in America. "(f) to safeguard the American people’s freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances, including but not limited to lightbulbs, dishwashers, washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, and shower heads, and to promote market competition and innovation within the manufacturing and appliance industries;"
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