Posted on 06/23/2008 8:25:30 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress are beginning to have second thoughts about the ban on incandescent light bulbs effective in 2014 as a result of an energy bill signed into law earlier this year. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, says his objection is very basic – the Constitution doesn’t authorize Congress to do anything remotely like banning a product that has been used safely and efficiently for more than 100 years in favor of Chinese-imported compact fluorescent light bulbs that pose considerable health and safety risks.
Extensive cleanup is required by the Environmental Protection Agency for simply breaking a bulb. When a bulb, which contains mercury, is broken, according to the EPA, the room must be evacuated for 15 minutes and aired out with windows, but not before all glass is removed, placed in a sealed glass jar and disposed of outside. Any remaining glass must be picked up with tape. In addition, central heating or air conditioning units must be turned off.
Wait… Environmental Protection Agency must be called for a broken bulb?
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Similar to using helicopters to enforce the ban on outdoor grilling.
This clearly shows the real agenda. That helicopter puts out more CO2, etc than thousands of BBQ grills.
The agenda is control.
Congress....”And slowly they turn”....
There ain’t no stopping communism.
Who cares? As long as they overturn this stupid law...
“Extensive cleanup is required by the Environmental Protection Agency for simply breaking a bulb. When a bulb, which contains mercury, is broken, according to the EPA, the room must be evacuated for 15 minutes and aired out with windows, but not before all glass is removed, placed in a sealed glass jar and disposed of outside. Any remaining glass must be picked up with tape. In addition, central heating or air conditioning units must be turned off.”
So we now have to deal with the likes of the EPA guy in the movie Ghostbusters?
I sure hope I don’t break my CF bulb with my plunger handle trying to encourage my waste to go down a federally mandated 1.5 GPF toilet that I have to flush 4 times to get to work.
Point being, why worry about the CFL being constitutional? You already outlawed a toilet that will flush anything bigger than a skittle.
And actually, I think that there are some new bulbs that are "legal"...has something to do with lumens vs wattage consumed. Interestingly enough, the newer technology came out shortly before this asinine legislation. Purely coincidental, I'm positive. I'm also sure that lobbyists for Phillips, GE, etc were completely uninformed of the technology, or at least completely impartial.
I'll need to dig out the particulars on the bill. I do know that it does NOT mandate CFLs, it mandates a low-power-consumption bulb. CFL's are just the most common type.
What I would like to see is a congressman or senator take to the floor to give a speech and in the process, drop a CFL on the floor. See how quick that place empties out. Yet they want to force us to put them in our homes.
The EPA, Stalin would be proud.
California was and may still be attempting to require "smart thermostats" that the government can control so they can raise and lower your energy use as they see fit.
What effrontery!
There will soon be calls for his impeachment by his brothers and sisters in the House and Senate.
The dim bulbs in Congress or....
How many congressmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Oh, please! As if the Constitution is anything more to those clowns than something to wipe their despicable backsides with?
"Constitution? Don't make me laugh, comrade!"
It must be there somewhere, emanating from under that prenumbra...
Yeah has the Goracle taken a position on bathing in mercury.
Hey do not forget those firearm bans while yall are questioning light bulbs. Is it true that not all of our lights and appliances can use these new bulbs. Will they not have to pay us a “takings fee” if they make us buy all new stuff. And it is my understanding that the dimmers and remote controls on all of our fans will not work. Is this so?
None, that's what interns are for.
-PJ
I don't know if are empowered legally or not. However, they certainly DO regulate what private property owners can do and what products they can purchase! Right off the top of my head I can think of Diazinon and Creosote that are no longer available to homeowners. I also think you've forgotten about wetlands, “endangered” species, etc regulation!
IMHO this bill is a disaster waiting to happen. Just think of all of the mercury containmation we probably will have within probably 10 years of their use. It’s very scarey and I’m beginning to wonder how much China paid our lovely Democratic leaders to get this wrote into law?
Exactly. The cfl bulbs will work wonders keeping my pump shed warm enough to stop the pump from freezing! NOT!
Obviously this atrocity must have been signed into law by a tree-hugging Dim. Did I oversleep and miss the election?
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