Planet Earth banning common light bulbs

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | March 22, 2007

[Wolfie]

Do they really think that is why we send them to DC?

Why wouldn't they? We keep sending them back.

[Calpernia]

Or flashlights. Or floodlights. Spotlights.

[Nam Vet]

I like your thought about "someone else's Utopia on your dime". It really hits the nail on the head.

These may look like Monopoly houses, but they are part of a 10,000-unit housing project in Ixtapaluca, Mexico. The picture was shot from the air, and is real, or so says the helicopter pilot who took them. Still, it looks so surreal, you’d swear it was a digital rendering.

Don'tcha just love the socialists vision of your future?

Nam Vet

[Man50D]

One shower per person per day times a billion or so makes that a LOT of wasted energy. Hilarity will ensue when they come after showers...

They'll pass a law requiring the people to take baths.

[endthematrix]

Wow! I's swear that was fake too. After a beer or two, I'd get confused to which home was mine.

[mysterio]

Voting for statists for over 100 years has brought us to this point. We are not free and haven't been for a while.

[Calpernia]

That photo looks just like the digital models I've seen of the Transit Villages.

I learned about the Transit Villages when I posted this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1776511/posts
NEW JERSEY FLOATS DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES ON CLEAN WATER FUNDS

DOT's Transit Village funding:

Up to $1 million grants annually


More at thread.

[Cronos]

Interesting -- thank you for your point of view -- I am having second thoughts on my opinion by reading your insightful post. Thanks!

[Hazwaste]

I don't see why incandescent bulbs should be allowed any more.

Because banning every little thing that certain powerful people think shouldn't be "allowed" is un-American. Yeah, I said un-American. And incandescent bulbs give off a shade of light that most people prefer.

I say let the market decide. Freedom of choice my friend. That's (part of) what this country is about.

Extending the logic of the banmeisters, let's ban engines over 2 litres, because bigger engines generally consume more energy.

Let's ban baths, because showers use less water and energy.

[Old Professer]

Try putting a CFL in your refrigerator or your oven.

[RobRoy]

I guess I’d better sell all my lava lamps...

[RobRoy]

>>I use them everywhere I can, but I resent the government telling me what kind of bulbs I should buy. I resent the government’s interference with my choice of toilet, and now light bulbs.<<

Exactly. That is the actual problem here. And it is HUGE!

[goldstategop]

Liberals are idiots. Thomas Edison's invention has been around for a long time simply because there is no easier or safer means of lighting. Unless they want they to follow their logic and get rid of electricity, too.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[4yearlurker]

Let me see...righty tighty.lefty loosy.

[goldstategop]

Its about reducing our choices even if we decide something suits us better, liberals want to take that away from us. That's the real agenda behind the "global warming" scam.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[dragnet2]

LED technology is coming down the pike fast, and will leave Compact Fluorescents in the same dustbin as Beta and 8 Track.

In addition to making incandescent light bulbs completely obsolete.

[Calpernia]

When we first started posting about the CFDS movement, we were called kooks. Compare the difference between the keywords from this archive to the keywords in your article.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678447/posts
Light Pollution (If you think it’s a joke, think again. The movement seeks to change laws)

[woollyone]

That’s it!
I’m going out this weekend and buying a dozen cases of 60w incandescent bulbs before the hoarders show up.

[SierraWasp]

That's what I wanna know... What would happen to me if I invested in an underground, or even an above ground incandescent bulb factory with a E-Bay website for distribution, (which could also go underground if need be in the future) because people still wanted the warmth and visual value of my kind of bulbs.

These things aren't exactly buggy whips!!! They are STILL useful to people for good reasons, in spite of the pathetic public dogooder pressures bases on nothing but pushing people around "for their own good!" Phhhhhhhhhht!!!

[Calpernia]

If the ban goes into place, I don’t think eBay permits banned and recalled items. But there are plenty of other ecommerce sites (like mine) that would permit the sale.

Someone want to show me how an LED will work in an incubator? Or work in a broader? Or keep reptiles alive?

There will be a market for these bulbs. There will be outlets for them on the Net.