Posted on 09/14/2009 8:24:49 AM PDT by Kartographer
From its headquarters in a modest office park outside Sunnyvale, Calif., Bridgelux is hoping to spark a revolution in light fixtures for homes and offices across the U.S. It's ready to ramp up production of tiny light-emitting chips that blaze as bright as some incandescent bulbs but consume a fraction of the energy. To meet surging orders for its chips, it's prepared to spend $250 million over three years on gleaming cleanrooms. The question is, where should it put its plants?
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Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Jed Poor oil entrepreneur barely kept his family fed Then one day he was working for some food, And up through the crowd come a bumbling fool (Arnold that is, RINO gold, more taxes please)
Well the first thing you know old Jed’s taxes are to much to bear, Kin folk said Jed move away from there! Said California is no place for you to be So they loaded up the truck and they moved from Beverly (go’n back to the Hills they are, fish’n holes, country and western stars)
Well now it’s time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in You’re all invited back again to their new locality To have a heaping helping of their hospitality (Redneck Hillbillies, is what the press call ‘em now, Clingers of bibles and guns and to Obama no bow! Nice folks Y’all come back now, ya hear?)
There have long been studies on the psychological effects of fluorescent and other artificial lighting systems.
Incandescent light has a different quality.
But this isn't about the environment or scarcity of resources. It is about controlling the lives of the citizenry. Same as when "they" began MANDATING inefficient "low flow" toilets over traditional tank systems.
The answer is obvious: you build the plant in a low-tax, right-to-work state.
Get the h*ll out of CA!
Build here in GA, but away from Atlanta.
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