Posted on 12/16/2011 8:29:47 AM PST by CedarDave
As part of last night's omnibus budget bill which prevented government shutdown, Republicans won a small victory: they suspended the incandescent light bulb ban. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle bowed to widespread public pressure, as the American people made it clear they weren't interested in this literal government intrusion into their livingrooms.
Congressional Republicans dropped almost all of the policy restrictions they tried to attach to the bill, but won inclusion of the light bulb provision, which prevents the Obama administration from carrying through a 2007 law that would have set energy efficiency standards that effectively made the traditional light bulb obsolete.
The bill doesn’t actually amend the 2007 law, but does prohibit the administration from spending any money to carry out the light bulb standards — which amounts to at least a temporary reprieve.
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If you began making light bulbs, you would find that the govt would make it too expensive by way of Executive order, or an EPA ruling.
The author apparently doesn't understand the meaning of "obselete". The bill would have made them ILLEGAL, not obselete. Incandescent bulbs are perfectly useful, and in most respects vastly superior to the annoyingly slow to light, mercury-filled abominations known as "compact flourescents".
The size of my carbon footprint is my own dam business
The size of my carbon footprint is my own dam business
If the factories do not make them, and the stores do not stock them, you have an effective ban no matter what the posturing by politicians.
Now that we’re not forced to buy the new bulbs, I’m sure that their price will come down substantially and quickly because of all the bulbs that are now in the ships that have nowhere to go.
When can we get 5 gallon toilet tanks back or at least 3.5’s?
Life is good!
Life is good! Now if they’ll lift the ban on ‘low flush’ toilets, horrible dish detergents, etc etc... I’m soooooo sick of liberals pushing their neurotic beliefs on the rest of us.
Congress suspends light bulb ban FUNDING--Update to original reports of law change
Rejoice? It already killed light bulb companies and moved plants over seas. What good is it to recend it now?
The funny thing is that the reason we still had domestic manufacturers is that incandescent lights are too fragile and inexpensive to make it worth shipping them from China.
It’s to little to late. Most, if not all the companies making incandescent light bulbs in America have already closed down.
I’m really fed up with this government. Now they are attacking our ability to use cell phones in cars.
What’s next;
A privacy wall between the driver and any passengers?
Fast food drive-ins to be outlawed?
You can’t drive on Tuesday’s while wearing anything blue?
Where does this intrusion into our lives get stopped?
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