Posted on 07/12/2011 11:54:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
their=they’re, of course. Uggh.
Exactly... GE was a major pusher of the govt regulation “bulb ban”. This regulation minimizes competition and minimizes others entry into the market, thus helping secure the market for GE... Jeff Immelt, the CEO of GE, is Obama’s chairman of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness... Isn’t life grand.
Oh and how much did GE pay in taxes last year? none?...
I’ll have to try one when I’m through with my 20 year supply of incandescents.
No thanks here as well. I picked up two packs (four bulbs) at 50 cents a piece. Somebody told me that they were being sold at a Goodwill store at that price.
Everytime I go to HD the GE 100w are scarce so the word is out. Pick some up each time.
Working toward your 20 year supply.
I'm not sure. I know that mercury is extremely hazardous however.
Plus they are made in China................
No offense taken. I try to buy American whenever I can.
So, how many negatives can someone cram into a title?
“ban repeal defeat”...
so... can we have our lightbulbs or what?
I’m still stacking. At this point, I take whatever wattage is available.
But I refuse to touch the GE bulbs.
Here is how CFLs can affect the next election.
Wherever Dems gather to rally during the election, break a CFL and call for hazmat teams. Across this country, make it impossible for them to gather and spew their agenda. Let hundreds or thousands of CFLs die daily so the networks cannot avoid reporting on it. And when they do report on it, force the conversation to how the Dems are all for taking choice away from the American public. Show them to be the elite nannies that they are and how they care more for the power to control us than they do for our welfare.
The cost will be small, but the effect will be great.
Tongue in cheek (I remember having dozens of childhood cuts treated with Mercurochrome and lots of fun playing with globules of mercury with friends) but have you purchased an environmental hazard suit for each member of your family with the savings? According to the same EPA which fostered the banning of the crown jewel in Mr. Edison's crown, you'll need them if one those bulbs breaks by accident indoors.
Of course, you could also just evacuate your family from your home for a few hours as the windows are opened to ventilate and you reenter to carefully clean the toxic spill (no vacuum allowed - it would spread the deadly micro debris).
Fortunately, I live near enough to the Canadian border to pay a quick call on an Ikea or Wally World and stock up on the real thing. But where to conceal the contraband through customs? Don't you love how our government is working so hard to make all of us criminals?
Not if the Republocrats have their way. Nope.
I would agree, but I find the Sylvanias burn out quicker. It may just be me.
I understand your position. I’m 70/30 GE stocked now.....maybe I loosen that up a bit.
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
- - Atlas Shrugged
Sometimes 95% heat is desirable.
Whether the Incandescent is an energy hog or not is beside the point.
The most important point is this — ARE PEOPLE STILL WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS PRODUCT DESPITE KNOWING OF ITS INEFFICIENCIES?
If not, it will die a natural death. We don’t need Uncle Sam to tell us what and what not to buy are use.
Whether the Incandescent is an energy hog or not is beside the point.
The most important point is this — ARE PEOPLE STILL WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS PRODUCT DESPITE KNOWING OF ITS INEFFICIENCIES?
If not, it will die a natural death. We don’t need Uncle Sam to tell us what and what not to buy or use.
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