Posted on 06/30/2009 12:23:31 PM PDT by neverdem
President Obama announced tougher energy efficiency requirements for certain types of fluorescent and incandescent lighting on Monday, the latest step in the administration’s push to cut the country’s energy use.
The new rule , scheduled to take effect in 2012, will cut the amount of electricity used by affected lamps by 15 to 25 percent and save $1 billion to $4 billion a year for consumers, the White House said.
“Now I know light bulbs may not seem sexy,” Mr. Obama said, “but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and our businesses.”
Of the two types of lighting covered by Monday’s announcement, the most important is “general service fluorescent lamps,” which commonly take the form of tubular office lights (but do not include the squiggly compact fluorescents commonly found in home lamps).
The other type of lighting covered by the new rule is incandescent reflector lamps; these cone-shaped fixtures can often be found in track lighting.
“We believe this will be the biggest efficiency savings from any appliance standard ever,” said Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, an advocacy organization.
The Energy Department has not updated the efficiency requirements for these lighting types since they were established by Congress in 1992. The department was supposed to update the requirement in 1997, according to Mr. Nadel, but it fell well behind on this and other appliance standards. In 2006 a federal court settlement required the department to move expeditiously to clear its backlog.
A broader push is under way to make lighting more efficient, aided by improving technologies. A 2007 energy bill mandated stronger efficiency requirements for the pear-shaped incandescent bulbs commonly found in homes. New efficiency requirements for...
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Which will, no doubt, cut the amount of LIGHT provided by these lamps by 25 to 40 percent.
Obama is a lunatic
>> “We believe this will be the biggest efficiency savings from any appliance standard ever,”
That’s what I like about this Bambiministration. They are never ever EVER given to hyperbole. Not counting Joe Biden, of course.
Agreed I better stock up on good ole incandescents.
The General Electric Recompensation Act.
but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and our businesses.”
Bullcrap.
Again.
Looks like I have tio do more hoarding: first ammunition now lightbulbs....when is this nightmare going to end????
Didn’t they already mandate something similar in the UK and the newer “efficient” light bulbs were terrible? Not to mention because of their low level strobing they were causing seizures in some people?
GE turns and sends a portion of the “Squiggly Bulb” profits to Acorn.
All are pricks! I have banned all GE products...except jet engines of course.
I heard Rush say today that there is a provision in the Cap&Tax bill which states that ANYONE who sells a home will be subject to a review by the govt. in order to insure that the home meets whatever environmental “standards” the govt. sets. If the home fails to meet the standards, then the govt. will require the home seller to take corrective action in order for the sale to proceed. Is this possible in a country once known as the Land of the Free? Are the sheeple going to wake up?
That one bright spot in NK is where ALL libs envision themselves living.
Everyone else is going to be freezing in the dark.
Research the “fuedal” system in order to understand their ultimate goal.
egObama is a dim bulb.
And richly deserved.
Ok let me get this straight... he’s telling US what kind of light bulbs we can use while HE flies in an entire Hawaiian luau FROM HAWAII!!??? Gee — that’s energy efficient isn’t is? Does he think we’re that STUPID?
This, is what the mentality of America is to the Lib's; "if it isn't sexy, it's not appealing", which shows their pre-occupation with feelings, feel-good, and irresponsibility....it's hard to hide what REALLY drives these Utopia-seeking slugs......
The moral depravity and decay in this country (driven by Hollywood and the NEA) has taught our kids to look for sex in EVERYTHING....to determine its merit.
This reminds me how Hitler thought the german national anthem was played to fast and was not respectful so he demanded it would be played slower.
Zero is so involved in our personal life, even to the extent of light bulbs.............
BTW, these were purchased at Costco in Pocatello. They probably have similar stock in other areas.
Ya know, the Commerce Clause is being stretched sooooo tight that when it snaps back, there will be a sonic boom.
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