“But will they be any good in light fixtures that only accept 60 watts? because the next step is already in the process - mandating light fixtures/lamps that can only take up to 60 watts”
What business is it of the government how much light we wish to use in our own homes? We’re PAYING the electric bill, aren’t we? What’s next? Outlaw ovens and mandate microwaves? Jigger cars so that they’ll turn off if some government prick thinks we’re driving too far? Or just outlaw our cars entirely if they’re too old to be “environmentally friendly”?
I am angrier about this than I was about the immigration bill, and I guess at the root of that is the feeling that MY side... excuse me, OUR side... you know, the side that’s supposed to be standing up for Truth, Justice and the American way is just as bad as those demented, evil cretins on the RAT side.
And, yes, I DO blame George W. Bush. And yes, he didn’t write the bill. But he did sign it. And I don’t care if it DOES fund the war. In fact, if it was a choice between taking away our right to have light bulbs (I can’t even believe I’m TYPING that!) and taking away the war funding - I’d choose to take away the war funding in a heartbeat. Then make a speech and explain to the American public WHY, and have congress re-write a bill that didn’t invade our homes and tell us what products we could or could not buy in the name of some environmental insanity. But Bush, as with the “campaign finance bill”, took the easy way out, and decided that screwing America was the easier course of action.
the mandated use of a toxic, designated "hazard waste' when broken or disposed of - and all the energy it will take to so dispose of; the negligible savings in energy as compared to just about any other product/appliance we use, etc.
For example: I lived in California for 10 years (about 9 1/2 years to long)and the only wash I ever saw on the line was mine. Indeed, in many 'managed communities' across the country, hanging out 'unsightly' wash is forbidden. (At least, back in Maine, the first spring day above freezing will see washes blowing in the fresh air. Just the electricity it takes to dry one load of wash would run a light bulb for months.) Then there's the mega-houses of today that have more light bulbs in the kitchen alone than I have in my whole house. How about cutting down on the NUMBER of bulbs in your house. (I see folk saying their electric bill has gone down by $30-50 in a month. That sounds like a heckava lot of bulbs are being used! For ex: calculation on lighting for a 6 room house = $4.52 month per:
http://www.cpi.coop/home_energy/billestimator.php
Now a hot tub = $45.03. Hoe many of the high mucky-mucks will be keeping their hot tubs?) I think the very most gov't should be able to do is to 'recommend' certain ways to conserve - and there are SO many other ways to conserve energy use - but those ways would NOT put any money or power into anyone else's hands other than the individual.
Hey, Comrades, just mail everyone this link to the usage chart and assume we the little people have the capacity to chart our own savings,,,