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Edison Bulb Ban Means Lights Out On Freedom: Importing 40 & 60 Watt incandescents illegal in 2014
IBD ^ | 12/30/2013

Posted on 12/30/2013 5:31:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Bulb Ban: As of Wednesday, the manufacture and import of 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs will be illegal — one more setback in the fight against government interference into the daily lives of the American people.

First they came for our light bulbs. Before the onset of ObamaCare and its mandate to buy health insurance as a condition of citizenship, there was the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), one of the first things Democrats took up on retaking the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.

A well-intentioned President George W. Bush signed the incandescent bulb ban in 2007. After all, Edison bulbs were old technology and a little energy efficiency couldn't hurt.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cfl; dimbulbs; edisonbulb; eisa; electricity; energy; govtabuse; incandescents; lightbulb; lightbulbban; lightbulnb; tyranny
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To: SeekAndFind

Wondering what will be happening to all the locations, both residential and commercial, that use dimmers and filament bulbs........

I’ve got a house full of them......in almost every room.......most rooms have several.....


21 posted on 12/30/2013 6:02:30 AM PST by Arlis
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To: Arlis

You can use the halogen bulbs with dimmer switches, both the rheostat and the chopper types.


22 posted on 12/30/2013 6:04:15 AM PST by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
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To: ABN 505

http://www.1000bulbs.com/category/3-way-light-bulbs/


23 posted on 12/30/2013 6:05:30 AM PST by deport
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To: deport

Thanks for the info!


24 posted on 12/30/2013 6:10:09 AM PST by ABN 505
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To: MrB
Does anyone else have a liberal in their lives that is in denial over the light bulb ban?

I actually know a liberal who thinks the light bulb ban was totally stupid. I haven't seen him recently. I have a feeling that he got whacked by Obamacare as he had an individual policy that may well have gotten nuked. I keep hoping he will see the light (no pun intended).

25 posted on 12/30/2013 6:10:29 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Iron Munro
And signed into law by Republican Preisident George "Dubya" Bush.

The communistic Earned Income Tax Credit was first proposed by Nixon and signed into law by Ford. Both "republicans"

26 posted on 12/30/2013 6:12:50 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Graybeard58

And don’t forget Nixon’s EPA.


27 posted on 12/30/2013 6:14:15 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Duckdog

GE is the dirtiest company in America.

GE is behind the funding of the global warming B.S. bad science because it helps sell new power plants and consumer products, like light bulbs.


28 posted on 12/30/2013 6:14:45 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: libertarian27

My local Walmart also still has the three way light bulbs. Went out yesterdayand bought $25 worth of 40 and 60 watt bulbs


29 posted on 12/30/2013 6:17:25 AM PST by mware
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To: Fresh Wind

I’m thinking this particular liberal in my life
has so totally bought the “benevolence of government”
fallacy that accepting that they are limiting freedom
would be a paradigm shattering concept.


30 posted on 12/30/2013 6:18:39 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: jsanders2001

I have a liberal in my life who thinks I’m talking about black helicopter conspiracy theories, when I tell him light bulbs are being phased out. He just flat doesn’t believe me...at least he didn’t when the 100s and 75s were phased out...because in his tiny pea brain, he still saw bulbs on the shelf.


31 posted on 12/30/2013 6:19:51 AM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: TheRhinelander

I’d still love to, you know, be able to stop by the store and buy a freaking light bulb. So buying bulbs online (for more) and waiting for delivery isn’t exactly the same thing in my book.

30 years ago, if somebody had told me a light bulb ban was in our future, I wouldn’t have believed it. Total insanity.


32 posted on 12/30/2013 6:23:38 AM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: lacrew

Whewww... so I’m not the only one experiencing this denial.

“Go buy me a 100 W light bulb at Home Depot, and I’ll pay you $100 for it. You have to show me the receipt, and it can’t be a “rough service bulb”.”

“Oh, and if you can’t, just hand me $100.”

“Deal?”


33 posted on 12/30/2013 6:27:40 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: mware

http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/samsclub/0004613551211_A?$img_size_500x500$

Halogens are still legal and will be for some time. Just like your old bulbs. Dimmable, no mercury, no circuit boards, just a filament and some gas.

They are available in all common size equivalents, and they use less energy to boot.


34 posted on 12/30/2013 6:30:24 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

http://auctions.samsclub.com/sylvania-halogen-72-watt-8-pack-100-watt-equivalent

That link should work.


35 posted on 12/30/2013 6:31:32 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: lacrew

Halogens are incandescents and they are still legal and they are just like your old familiar bulbs, except for the gas they are filled with.


36 posted on 12/30/2013 6:33:01 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

GE makes them, too.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/ge-halogen-43-watt-incandescent-replacement-bulbs-4-pk/prod2730209.ip

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/ge-halogen-light-bulbs/prod3960177.ip

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/ge-halogen-40-watt-decorative-bulbs-4-ct/prod2730211.ip


37 posted on 12/30/2013 6:34:45 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: SeekAndFind

We hear so much about 3D “printing” but I’ll bet it’s still not possible to use that process for producing incandescent light bulbs of any size.


38 posted on 12/30/2013 6:37:09 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: ltc8k6

There’s one big difference between the halogens and the traditional bulbs...

THE PRICE!!

Here’s a 2-pack of 100s on Amazon...

$3.56 per bulb!

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-19010-72-Watt-Halogen-2-Pack/dp/B00361IPPM


39 posted on 12/30/2013 6:39:08 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: ltc8k6

Oh, I am quite familiar with halogens. I just replaced 14 of them for my track lighting....total cost was over $80.

I don’t want to hear that I can mail order a rough service bulb, or use a halogen, or just buy more candles.

The fact of the matter is, the government has reduced my choices. I want to be able to buy a 25 cent good old fashioned light bulb without criminal implications.


40 posted on 12/30/2013 6:42:21 AM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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