Posted on 09/07/2019 5:00:16 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of 2020. The rule would have prohibited the sale of bulbs that do not reach a standard of efficiency, and could have seen an end to incandescent bulbs. Many countries have phased out older bulbs because they waste energy. But the US energy department said banning incandescent bulbs would be bad for consumers because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs. The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. Specifically, the law stipulated that restrictions on bulbs could only be implemented when it was economically justified , Shaylyn Hynes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Energy, told the New York Times. Activists say the government has come under pressure from manufacturers. " It makes zero sense to eliminate energy-saving light bulb standards that will save households money on electricity bills and cut climate change emissions," Appliance Standards Awareness Project executive director Andrew deLaski told the Washington Post. "Instead, the Trump administration is siding with manufacturers that want to keep selling outdated, energy-wasting light bulbs."
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Now let’s scrap CAFE standards while we’re at it and bring back those awesome inline 6 cylinder engines!
These leftists are great people. They are always wanting us to save money. They imposed little econo-box cars on us so we would save money. They imposed expensive light bulbs on us so we would save money. They sure do care about us and our money. They want us to save money so they can confiscate it from us via taxes.
Trump trying to bring back working dishwashers to America:
https://spectator.org/making-dishwashers-great-again/
I am curious though, would LEDs have come down in price as quickly as they did were it not for government pressure on the market to innovate?
I determine how I save my money, not the government.........
Along with all the LED and fluorescent ones.
So much for my plans to be a black market bulb millionaire. I bought a couple dozen 100 watt bulbs when they were being outlawed.
Once I switched to LEDs I didn't switch back. The only incandescents I have are in closets and the fridge. The only thing I miss are the way old bulbs would attract flies and kill them in the fixtures. Now they survive to bug me.
There’s one little problem with bringing back incandescent bulbs...all the U.S. factories making them closed up shop about eight years ago and shipped their equipment out of the U.S.
That’s what
Will not Flush,
Correct.
How about letting to consumer decide? But liberals want to control literally everything because they believe that THEY can run your life better than you.
Because they lie. When they say it has a 10 tear lifespan, they mean that 1 in 100 will last 10 years.
Hopefully he'll also work on rules for washing machines.
That’s how a free market is supposed to work. I’m sure there were a lot of specialty incandescent bulbs (decorative bulbs) that were caught up in the regulations.
Too bad my wife didn’t live long enough to see her prediction fulfilled. “They’ll be back,” she said, “they’ll be back.”
That’s my situation to a tee. I bought the cache of incandescent bulbs in 60, 75, and 100 Watts. I have two large cartons full.
As LEDs got better and better, offered more features, and the price dropped, I started using them. I would not go back.
The house we bought last year has 37 recessed lighting fixtures! The LED retrofit kits are sealed agains air flow through the decorative ring and out the holes in the fixture. I’m sealing the flange against the ceiling, too, with “rope caulk,” a flexible rope-like caulk with the texture of putty that doesn’t cry out. If a unit should fail, I’ll be able to replace it easily enough.
If they are a net good then households will buy them. Eliminating the "standards" forces them to compete in the market and reduce their price to consumers. If their cost and lifespan are reasonable, and the savings on energy costs assured, they will be adopted by the market. It's simple economics. We don't need what amounts to a subsidy on foreign light bulb makers via the pocket books of American consumers, especially when the market is capable of creating the same effect, especially not for this nonsensical "climate change" reason. Saving electricity and saving money is a good enough reason, we don't need to be snowed with this CC BS.
Before they forced these things down our throats, I used to always get approached by hard-sell clerks at the store. “Do you want to buy a lightbulb that will last for 40 years?” I always told them to get back to me in 40 years and let me know how that bulb made out. I’m sure that’s why they got the gubmint involved because otherwise they probably wouldn’t have sold more than 10 of them.
You cant get you ezbake oven to cook with a cfl bulb.
I thought people were getting around this by designating them as heaters that also produce light. 95% of the energy is heat, 5% light. Makes sense.
An opportunity for a MADE IN USA startup.
“Can we go back to pre-Algore toilets too?”
My kingdom for a shower head with a decent flow rate.
Those curly bulbs look like hell in my old lamps.
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