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1 posted on 01/30/2007 6:54:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Like a bunch of nuts on steroids,, They never rest,,


2 posted on 01/30/2007 6:54:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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Thomas Edison to California: GET STUFFED!


3 posted on 01/30/2007 6:55:44 PM PST by relictele
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Are you SURE this wasn't from The Onion?


5 posted on 01/30/2007 6:55:56 PM PST by RebelBanker (May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.)
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The state is going bankrupt, businesses and legal citizens are leaving in droves, and lawmakers are working on banning light bulbs. Marvelous.


7 posted on 01/30/2007 6:58:16 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Well, it's 2007. Time to get ready for 2008.)
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The new CF bulbs are much better than before, and they really do work well. I've put a bunch of them in my house in various places. And they're *very* economical.

As such, they'll gain in popularity and be used more and more without dumb laws like this. There are some places that an incandescent bulb is still the only real choice(dimmers, for example).

Dumb law.


9 posted on 01/30/2007 6:59:32 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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Follow the money.


11 posted on 01/30/2007 6:59:53 PM PST by D.P.Roberts
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Secession of a state has been discussed on Free Republic as a solution to a number of problems.

It's always been presented as a voluntary effort.

Can the rest of us force California to secede?

12 posted on 01/30/2007 7:00:41 PM PST by elkfersupper
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California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012

Geez o pete! Why?

Conventional light bulbs are going away on their own. I have gradually been replacing them in my house and so have other people. They sure make the light bill drop.

Just leave it alone.

13 posted on 01/30/2007 7:01:16 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (I am the Cat who Walks by Himself and all places are alike to me!)
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"How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act"

I would change it to "How Many Legislators are Dimbulbs Act".

15 posted on 01/30/2007 7:01:51 PM PST by dirtboy (Duncan Hunter 08 - rationalization not required, he IS a conservative already)
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I'm looking forward to returning to California to visit my parents next Christmas and seeing all the fluorescent Christmas lights on the tree.


17 posted on 01/30/2007 7:02:05 PM PST by Dog Gone
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..would ban incandescent light bulbs by 2012..

California and the world gone insane.

18 posted on 01/30/2007 7:02:14 PM PST by ExtremeUnction
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Why should this surprise anyone? Since the People's Republic banned new electrical generation years ago, it was only a matter of time before a matching ban on new usage.
19 posted on 01/30/2007 7:02:16 PM PST by BlazingArizona (co)
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Then on the east coast by 2017.....


20 posted on 01/30/2007 7:02:18 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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ban

I am SOOOOO tired of that word.

21 posted on 01/30/2007 7:02:54 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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Very simply put if the fluorescent bulbs last 10 times longer than the incandescent, and sell at only 1/9 the rate of the incandescents, it'll take just a few years before they totally displace the incandescents.

The article says the 5% background sales level for the fluorescent bulbs could DOUBLE this year.

So, the elimination of the incandescent bulb can already be scheduled without the use of pesky nuisance laws as proposed by the Alpine gnome running California.

23 posted on 01/30/2007 7:04:02 PM PST by muawiyah
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I just wish California would secede from the United States.
24 posted on 01/30/2007 7:04:29 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there)
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I'm not a fan of banning much of anything, preferring instead to let the market drive demand.

That said, LED lights are absolutely amazing. The amount of energy to be saved is incredible.


26 posted on 01/30/2007 7:05:14 PM PST by ndt
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A ban on white males by 2015, a ban on heteros by 2018 followed by a ban on flush toilets and indoor plumbing by 2020 and they'll have a paradise.
29 posted on 01/30/2007 7:06:29 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Buy 'Allah' brand urinal cakes - If you can't kill the enemy at least you can piss on their god)
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You have to look around, because there are some cheapo energy saving bulbs out there that make everything look sickly. But if you get the right kind, they look pretty much like regular incandescent bulbs, and they only use a quarter of the power.

I have long since replaced every bulb in the house with GE spiral bulbs. In our area, at least, they are bringing out a new line of GE bulbs that are 13 watt instead of 15 watt (to replace a 60 watt bulb), and the local hardware store is selling the 15 watt bulbs for 99 cents apiece. You can't do better than that.

On the other hand, forcing people to use one product rather than another is just plain wrong. There are other ways to encourage their use rather than impose a probably unconstitutional law.


35 posted on 01/30/2007 7:09:04 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Does that mean this one too?

Longest burning Light Bulb in history.

39 posted on 01/30/2007 7:09:54 PM PST by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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