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Europe saying goodbye to the light bulb
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| 9/1/2010
Posted on 09/01/2010 8:05:10 AM PDT by markomalley
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Time for a black market in incandescent bulbs?
To: steelyourfaith
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:05:40 AM PDT
by
markomalley
(Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
To: markomalley
Time to get rid of flush toilets too. Wastes too much water.
To: markomalley
What would Thomas Edison say?
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:07:24 AM PDT
by
downtownconservative
(Imam Obama has now noticed he has no clothes. His response? "That infidel Bush stole my clothes".)
To: markomalley
And this is the Left that is opposed to "reactionaries who want to go back to the Middle Ages?"
Oh wait. They're for "gay marriage." I guess that keeps them from being reactionaries.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:08:46 AM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Hanistarot LaShem 'Eloqeynu; vehaniglot lanu ulevaneynu `ad-`olam la`asot 'et-kol-divrey HaTorah!)
To: markomalley
Europe estimates the switch will save as much energy as Romania consumes in an average year and remove around 15 million tons of harmful emissions from the atmosphere. And guaranteed employment for companies that specialize in hazmat cleanup of mercury from broken CFL bulbs.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:09:39 AM PDT
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bassmaner
(Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
To: markomalley; livius; DollyCali; IrishCatholic; meyer; SteamShovel; Desdemona; grey_whiskers; ...
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09/01/2010 8:10:03 AM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
("Release the Second Chakra !!!!!!!" ... Al Gore, 10/24/06)
To: markomalley
Incandescents are being made illegal here as well, right?
To: markomalley
Why not, they gave up bathing years ago.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:11:53 AM PDT
by
sniper63
(I am the leader of the TEA Party, I, myself am the leader of me, myself for I am the TEA Party!)
To: markomalley
The European Parliament said compact fluorescent, halogen, light-emitting diode or "improved incandescent" light bulbs will replace the conventional light bulb in the European Union. I've replaced many of my day-to-day bulbs with halogens in a regular bulb mount. I love, love, love them. They're more expensive than regular bulbs (maybe $3 a bulb), but they have the advantages of regular incandescent bulbs (instant on, no flickering, can be dimmed) along with a whiter light. Their only real problem is that they seem to be hotter, so you have to be more careful about cheap lamp.
I just hope US laws don't outlaw them.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:13:24 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: markomalley
Violent protesters will start throwing those mercury-laced florescent bulbs at riots. Then the govt will have to mount full-scale hazmat cleanups at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars.
We need to rescind our laws banning the incandescent lightbulbs after November.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:15:17 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: Right Brother
Some places in Europe have already gotten rid of flush toilets or maybe they never had them in the first place. Anyone who has ever gotten off the beaten trails knows what I am talking about.
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09/01/2010 8:15:27 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: markomalley
Heck, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find 100W bulbs here in the United States, nevermind overseas!
Yet another area where President 0bama wishes to interfere with everyday life.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:17:19 AM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: markomalley
The lights are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:17:43 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: markomalley
The evil, dangerous light bulb before tobacco? I’m not for a ban on tobacco, I’m just sayin’....
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:20:46 AM PDT
by
luckymom
(Forget the baby whales, save the baby humans.)
To: markomalley
The new fluorescent bulbs are hideous, don’t give much light and if broken are poisonous.
Someones making a killing on the new bulbs.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:21:16 AM PDT
by
sunmars
To: markomalley
It coming to here as well. Bush signed it into law when signed the energy bill in ‘06.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:22:13 AM PDT
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Clyde5445
(Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
To: KarlInOhio
I have a halogen Artemide Tizio lamp that I purchased in the Eighties (I think they’re still available). The only complaint is the unique fitting that will only except a few halogen bulbs. The upside is when someone calls, I bend the lamp down to keep my toast or pasta warm.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:22:51 AM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: downtownconservative
I keep one of the early CFL bulbs over a extra side counter in the kitchen that I don’t use. When guests come over after dark, I turn that thing on, scare them with it’s ghastly, ghostly light, and ask them if they’re in favor of CFLs.
To: KarlInOhio
've replaced many of my day-to-day bulbs with halogens in a regular bulb mount. . . . Their only real problem is that they seem to be hotter, so you have to be more careful about cheap lamp.Just ask Lionel Hampton.
OK. You can't ask him, because he's dead. But in 1997 he lost everything he owned in a fire started by a halogen lamp in his apartment.
Lionel Hampton loses priceless mementos when fire destroys his N.Y. apartment.
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09/01/2010 8:24:44 AM PDT
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Maceman
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