Incandescent Light Bulb Ban

Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 4 months ago to The Gulch: General
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Once again the Government feels they have to make decisions for us.

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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The motorcycle story was interesting. The female voter comment was unnecessary. Please keep that stuff out of my threads.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The discussion is lightbulbs, Skippy.
    Women-bashing comes after the appetizers.
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    Posted by BambiB 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I recall a case a few decades ago when seat belt laws were sweeping the country where a state legislature proposed mandatory seat belts… for motorcycles. Nobody took them seriously - thought it was some sort of joke - until the law passed the house!

    Motorcyclists got active in a hurry, pointing out to senators that when a motorcycle flips, the last thing you want is to be strapped to 800 pounds of hot, tumbling metal.

    The bill died.

    The idiocy that permits proposals like mandatory motorcycle seat belts gets promoted, and eventually winds up in Congress where people apparently forget that they are not omniscient. Every law has unintended consequences - some benign, some malignant (like Obamacare). But for some reason (female voters) the majority of American voters now vote for the person they "feel" best about - regardless of whether they're an idiot.
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  • Posted by $ Genez 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    LOL, that's fair.. you're right. I'm showing the eternal optimism side of my personality. Some part of me hopes that some semblance of reason and intelligence would be shown by our so-called leaders... But alas, when I really think about it, I know that is not likely.
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  • Posted by H2ungar123 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are AMAZED...that NO member of CONGRESS...had the GUTS to STAND UP....
    OMG! I would BE amazed if even ONE member of CONGRESS had the stones to stand up to ANY of the idiocy that continues to go down! Sheesh!!!!
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was talking to someone this morning about how my little over/under washer/dryer unit couldn't get even a small load of clothes dry without drying for 3 or 4 cycles. He remembered hearing that the wattage of washer/dryers had been lowered to conserve energy. Dunno how true that is, but it fits.
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  • Posted by $ Genez 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly! I've been amazed that no member of Congress had the guts to stand up and say what idiocy it is to ban the old bulbs and promote bulbs that are inherently bad for the environment?! Personally I won't buy them. We just bought a couple dozen of the old incandescent 60 watts and I plan to buy an LED bulb or 2 each time I go shopping, so we can afford to convert. Within a year, we should be converted to LEDs and not have to buy any more bulbs for a long time.. I was thinking about doing this anyway, but the ban forced me to do it sooner... Maybe if the government had stayed out of the market these alternative bulbs would have become cheaper sooner? If there wasn't demand for their bulbs manufacturers would have been forced to find ways to produce and sell them cheaper.. Now, with a 'forced' demand all of these other bulbs will take much longer to come down in price... Once again the govt screws the average person by the unintended consequences of their great benevolence and care for us...
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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good point. I wonder how far this will go. I think if I wanted to start a revolt I would tell people the government wanted to limit their time on Facebook and Twitter. That should get their attention.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wonder if people started smuggling light bulbs in from Mexico if we would finnally secure the border.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I sell light bulbs at my store. We sold relatively few 100 watt light bulbs until they were banned. I wonder what other unintended consequences there will be.
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