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Feds move to tighten efficiency rules for household lamps
The Hill ^
| April 28, 2014
| Tim Devaney
Posted on 04/28/2014 12:33:37 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: null and void
I have solar. Theyre planning on taxing it!
Yeah, we’ll see how it goes for them in our area. And to be fair, I feel like a bunch of germans in late 1944 worrying about Hitlers laws that will come into effect in 1946.
If you get my drift. :-)
To: null and void
Regulators raise the rates to make up for the loss.Yep. The City of Albuquerque is going through this now. The Water Authority pushed and pushed for lower water use, the citizens did a masterful job of it, now the Water Authority's revenue is down and they are proposing rate increases.
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:44:11 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
When will they MADATE cars run on air? Just before then deem Oxygen a pollutant.
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:45:20 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:45:29 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Will we ever see a smaller fedgov in our lives? Will it never end?
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:46:36 PM PDT
by
Geoffrey
To: MaxMax
The first ecological disaster on earth was when green plants polluted the Earth’s atmosphere and wiped out nearly all other life with that deadly poison, oxygen.
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:47:35 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: null and void
I’m in Maryland...they tax rain here.
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:48:09 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“The Energy Department estimates the rules will save the public billions in energy bills over the next three decades...”
In other words, Obama wants to deny American utility companies $3 billion in revenue.
To: Ouchthatonehurt
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:49:15 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: Geoffrey
Will we ever see a smaller fedgov in our lives? Will it never end?
It WILL end. It MUST. It is unsustainable.
However, I do not believe that it will be in my lifetime. IMO we are on the Soviet path of slow decay. Should take approximately 70 years to play out until ultimate, final collapse.
To: null and void
They are never going to leave us alone. They live and breathe totalitarian control. Nothing but blood and steel will stop them.
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:51:37 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Assume that there might be people who stockpiled a lifetime supply of 100 watters. Will those people now have to stockpile lamps that will let them shine?
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:52:11 PM PDT
by
grania
To: Cincinatus' Wife
These "efficiency" rules might make sense for people living in the sun belt. They make less and less sense, for anyone who ever has to heat their house (shop, office, whatever). That's why I put "efficiency" in scare quotes. Yes, incandescent light bulbs are inefficient emitters of visible light -- but, they are perfectly efficient (i.e. 100% efficient) electric heaters. They can actually save you energy. Most of the energy used by incandescent bulbs is converted to invisible infrared "light". You can't see it, but you can feel it. If you're sitting under a (say) 100 Watt incandescent light, you'll feel a tad warmer than you would otherwise, and voilà you're saving energy.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
What about Toilets? We need toilet regulation now!!
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:53:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Cincinatus' Wife
as if free enterprise was highly over rated
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:54:22 PM PDT
by
SisterK
(behold a pale horse)
To: tet68
Well, you know, first they have to pass the law. Then they have to establish some new department and about 15 new agencies to figure out how to enforce the law. Then those agencies will need “field” people to check all the retailers to be sure they are not carrying illicit lamps, and then they will need some inspectors to go house to house, to be sure we are not using illicit lamps, then there will be people needed write the computer programs needed to keep track of all of this. You cannot expect these things to be free, can you? (/s)
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:56:37 PM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: Truth29
I find those terms acceptable. </Edgar the Bug>
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:03:37 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Screw efficiency, generate more fossil fuel power!!!
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:04:18 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: mylife
What about Toilets? We need toilet regulation now!!*ahem* Senator Al Gore did that.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:05:26 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: tgusa
What a pantload. Any Congress with a pair would... Most of Congress is a pantload. There in is the problem.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:07:47 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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