The Light That Failed. Washington's War on the Light Bulb will have Unintended Consequences

National Review ^ | 07/08/2011 | Deroy Murdock

[warsaw44]

There was a light bulb factory in the US that went out of business due to this law. But I can not recall the name of the company. I had bookmarked the story but did so on my last PC. Anyone remember the company name?

[Wonder Warthog]

http://www.poultrymansupply.com/2007Brooders.htm

[Calvin Locke]

I just heard somebody (maybe Debra Saunders on Dennis Miller?)
say she and hubby avoided Greece, and hit Iceland.

I think she said the the people showed their disgust with parliament
by throwing kitchen utensils while she was there.

Here, knives and forks might be a problem, but throwing
nutcrackers and basters at Congress' steps might get their attention.

Mercury vapor might make its way to the Potomac, and then to the
Chesapeake, and I really like Blue crabs and oysters...

[MsLady]

A heat lamp with a red bulb and a wooden coop my hubby built from scrap is way cheaper...lol

[Soul of the South]

The factory was owned by General Electric and located in Winchester, Virginia.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933.html

Even if Congress reverses itself and permits traditional light bulbs, I can’t believe GE would reopen the factory. Most likely the manufacturing equipment has already been shipped to another country or scrapped.

[SoCal SoCon]

There will come a time when we’ll be able to tell which way a person votes by what kind of light bulb they have.

[Daveinyork]

I use the CFL bulbs because they do last longer, and I have them in chandeliers hanging from 14 foot ceilings, requiring me to drag out an eight foot step ladder when I need to change a bulb, but, when some of them are burning out, they emit a horrible odor. It can’t be healthy.

[Daveinyork]

“Why on earth doesn’t the GOP leadership in the House get with this and talk up the repeal of the ban on the incandescent bulb? I’ve never heard anyone in Congress mention this publicly, neither in last year’s campaign nor since.”

GOP isn’t called the stupid party for nothing.

[mowowie]

Smash one on the street then call the EPA as a concerned citizen to come clean it up.
Repeat as necessary.

When they stop coming then sue them as a concerned citizen.

[mowowie]

My buddy has this heating element that screws right into a lightbulb socket. i looks like a copper cylinder.
He uses it to keep seedlings alive.
Don’t know where he got it though.

[Billthedrill]

It reveals quite a bit about the environmental movement that a market solution that was taking place quite nicely needed to be stepped around in favor of outright government intervention. I've replaced nearly all of my incandescents because it made economic sense to do so, but now for the corner cases - a well-house that needs to be heated just a little in the wintertime, for one - the sensible alternative has been made unavailable by fiat because the Little People weren't doing the Right Thing fast enough to suit the Greens.

I complained to this to an otherwise reasonably intelligent liberal friend who helpfully told me that I could still purchase dedicated heat lamps costing many times as much that use more energy and put out too much heat. That may be a lot of things, but a save-the-planet solution it is not.

In the meantime, mercury-filled CFL's are hitting the landfills because that's what people do with broken light bulbs, and yes, there's a law against it. Maybe, just maybe the government isn't the solution here. Ya think?

[jim_trent]

“This problem caused Duane Kassens, a Wisconsin driver, to get into a fender-bender. “The police officer told me the new lights weren’t melting the snow,” Kassens said. “How is that safe?””

“Would the accident have occurred if the lights had been clear?” Oswego police detective Rob Sherwood told the AP. “I would be willing to bet not.”

This is probably true, but if a person cannot see the light on a traffic signal, aren’t they supposed to stop and look both ways before proceeding instead of barreling through at full speed? That’s what it says in the State traffic book I had to study recently to renew my license.

[LucyT]

Consider Washington’s still-unfolding ban on Thomas Alva Edison’s incandescent light bulb. What the Wizard of Menlo Park, N.J., required 10,000 experiments to perfect, Brooks Brothers socialist George W. Bush needed just one signature to make anathema.

If the law is left unchallenged, Jan. 1, 2012, will bring stricter standards that Congress designed in 2007 to eliminate Edison’s invention and dragoon Americans into using more energy-efficient alternatives.

Courtesy of our federal masters, Americans are enduring a parade of unforeseen consequences — all because “the experts” want to extinguish one of this nation’s greatest contributions to humanity.

(See tagline.)

[Buckeye McFrog]

the guy hanging out on the corner in a seedy part of town selling weed and stamp bags of heroin will be adding cigarettes and light bulbs to his inventory

[patriot08]

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TEXAS’ GOVERNOR PERRY ISSUES HUSSEIN OBAMA A BIG FUBO:

“Texas to Allow Regular Incandescent Bulbs”
Reports are the governor will sign Bill HB2510 by June 19th.
Bill HB2510 allows for the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs otherwise banned in federal legislation of 2007, applicable from 1 January 2012 onwards.
The legality, at least in the way the proposed law is framed, has apparently been cleared with the US Attorney General’s office.
The Bill has already passed in both House and Senate with overwhelming support.
While Texas has no current manufacture, relevant parties are being invited to restart it.

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[patriot08]

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TEXAS’ GOVERNOR PERRY ISSUES HUSSEIN OBAMA A BIG FUBO:

“Texas to Allow Regular Incandescent Bulbs”
Reports are the governor will sign Bill HB2510 by June 19th.
Bill HB2510 allows for the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs otherwise banned in federal legislation of 2007, applicable from 1 January 2012 onwards.
The legality, at least in the way the proposed law is framed, has apparently been cleared with the US Attorney General’s office.
The Bill has already passed in both House and Senate with overwhelming support.
While Texas has no current manufacture, relevant parties are being invited to restart it.

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[TheOldLady]

Click the Pic

My vicious cat Rocket cruelly cuts one from the herd

It was the one who didn't donate

Become a monthly donor and end FReepathons

[AFreeBird]

Sounds like a shovel ready (union) job.

[rmlew]

I personally no get 60 watt equivalent LEDs for $30 and 100 watt equivaled LEDs for $45.
I like the 100 watt ones. My apartment is now brighter and it saves on electricity. However, I choose these expensive light bulbs because they last a long time (I hate changing bulbs, especially in light fixtures) and save money in the long run. I can't stand fluorescent. When combined with a computer screen they exacerbate migraines.

[GOPJ]

“High exposures to inorganic mercury may result in damage to the gastrointestinal tract, the nervous system, and the kidneys.”

Yeah, but liberals feel good about themselves shoving these things down our throats - and in the end, isn't that all that matters? /s