I have both types of bulbs in my ceiling at the office. The "new ones" that are rated with the same output as the standard bulb are much dimmer."
Who is going to pay for the glasses I need to replace more and more often from the dimmer lighting??? Dim lighting gives me eyestrain.
Keep in mind this is the same Congress which is allowing the switch over to HD TV in Feb of 2009. There are an estimated 73 million tvs in the USA today. They have authorized 2 coupons per qualified household-value $40 ea- for a converter box. Trouble is they have only approved less than 36,000 of these coupons, That is about 18,000 households.
Someone needs to tell me where I get my lottery ticket to get one of these coupons. We have more than 30 million people living at their standards of "poverty level" and even in poverty, most have at least one TV. Tell me how these people are going to be able to afford this conversion. The price of the converter boxes has not yet been established. Soooo- all of us who never bought a HD tv and really cannot afford to do so, are going to be without communication via our TV. When will they also go after our radios?
Control the information, control the populace.....
I think it's 36 million coupons, not 36,000. Still not enough for everybody, of course.
Horrors! What will welfare recipients do all day?
(My money is on 'riot')...
Digital radio is just now getting going seriously. It'll be a few more years.