Posted on 03/21/2007 8:23:31 AM PDT by CNS
(CNSNews.com) - A Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban the sale of traditional incandescent light bulbs - which are less energy-efficient, prompting claims that they contribute to "global warming" - one day after a colleague told a press conference that legislating a ban would be a "last choice."
As Cybercast News Service reported last week, Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) held a news conference Wednesday calling for more efficient lighting options, and Manzullo said "the last thing we want to do is force legislation down people's throats."
One day later, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would set target dates for certain types of light bulbs to be prohibited for sale in the United States.
Harman calls the bill "an important first step toward making every household, business and public building in America more energy-efficient."
"This legislation, while a small step, could have an enormous impact," she said in a posting on the liberal Huffington Post blog. "And hopefully, it can help transform America into an energy-efficient and energy-independent nation."
An average traditional incandescent bulb based on a filament emits 12-15 lumens per watt (a measurement of the bulb's lighting output.) Harman's bill would require all bulbs to produce 60 lumens-per-watt by January 2012; 90 lumens-per-watt by January 2016; and 120 lumens-per-watt by January 2020.
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Stock up now!
Oh man if this is for real they will be pummeled with.........
"how many democrats does it take to change a light bulb?" jokes.
The LIGHT COMPANY here in Mexico, COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD, has had a campaign to make availabe at subsidized prices, the use of florescent bulbs that screw in. I think a halogen bulb that produces little heat would be a better preference.
I guess they went from "first" to "last" choice in 24 hours.
Good way to stay classy.
admitted - I use very few incandescent anymore - i have switched to compact fluorescents mainly because I am lazy and they don't blow out as much and I don't have to get up and change them as much. But for that reason only.
Has anyone developed a normal looking fluorescent light bulb to replace the incandescent types? All I have see are those huge ugly twisted ones that won't fit under common lamp shades.
I've always been of the opinion that joking about Democrats is redundant, but that's just me.
MGY
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No kidding!!
Aren't the "efficient lightbulbs" filled with toxic chemicals? And incandescent are only in a vacuum? Which would I rather have break around my kids...hmmmm, let me think on that...
Brought to you by the same clowns who gave you low-flush (no-flush) toilets.
Buy up the old bulbs now - they will be as valuable as freon soon.
Oh, boy. Lightbulb legislation. The dems used to be the "mommy party," now they're the "granny party." Like lightbulbs are the biggest danger to the American people. These dems and their wimpy RINO friends are an absolute waste of time.
Am I mistaken or isn't their certain neurological conditions where use of fluorescent lights can induce seizures in certain individuals??
If so, it would seem that Democrates may be discriminating against the disabled.
The market itself will bring about the eventual demise of incandescent light bulbs.
Light bulbs are OK, we should have a bill to ban dim bulbs in Congress.
How many Democrats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Don't know, but we'll soon find out how many it takes to unscrew a light bulb.
You have GOT to be kidding me.
(Oh, and the jokes write themselves...)
Now I can sit on my inferior crapper in the dark!
But how will people use their Easy bake Ovens?
I admit that I have never attempted to use the bulbs, because my parents had them in their light fixtures and they looked extremely tacky. I guess they have improved in the last few years. I like the idea of halogen or white LEDs better.
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