The Giant Noodle
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Thanks to President Bush and Congress it will soon be illegal tobuy and sell incandecent light bulbs! Do you care?
Thanks to President Bush and Congress it will soon be illegal tobuy and sell incandecent light bulbs! Do you care?
Need a Light Bulb? Uncle Sam Gets to Choose: Virginia Postrel - Bloomberg
This is entirely and totally untrue. New light bulbs have to conform to certain new standards, and in fact there are incandescent bulbs that do qualify.
PolitiFact | Conservative PAC claims Democrats banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescent light bulbs
Checking facts is gud.
They will be soon. Already in CA its illegal. Has anyone read the damn article? Screw this..... Im getting a beer and watching American Pickers! Son of a..........They're not illegal
There is nothing in that article that is untrue. What R-U talking about?
They will be soon. Already in CA its illegal. Has anyone read the damn article? Screw this..... Im getting a beer and watching American Pickers! Son of a..........
Yep, true dat. You can't find a 100 watt incandescent in California. It's illegal to buy or sell them. I understand that all incandescents will be illegal here soon, and according to the article, a federal law will soon kick in to phase out incandescents throughout the entire nation.
I hate this. The new bulbs cost a fortune, don't cast enough light for me to read well, and last only half as long as the old bulbs did. Adding to the insult, there hasn't been a drop in our killowatt usage; it has in fact increased. Too damned much government running interference for corporations that can't build a product people want to buy, so they bribe politicians to make using anything other than their products illegal. It sucks. :2mad:
They are not illegal, there is no law making them illegal. You can buy the new incandescent bulbs at Home Depot and Lowe's. The new incandescent bulbs put out the same light as the older bulbs, but do it with lower energy use.
Let me repeat this: they are not illegal, except maybe in Cali, but since your source is a propaganda piece, I would not even bet on that. Getting your news from opinion pieces is foolish.
It seems to be a dazzling profusion of choice. But, at least in California, where I live, this plenitude no longer includes what most shoppers want: an inexpensive, plain-vanilla 100-watt incandescent bulb. Selling them is now illegal here.
Some of those are nice, and you can get them cheaper. Check Amazon. The idea of almost never replacing a lightbulb is nice.
As of this past Saturday, January 1, 2011, standard 100-watt incandescent light bulbs are being phased off of California store shelves. Bulbs that were manufactured before January 1 or already on store shelves can still be legally sold and purchased, but no more of the low-tech, energy sucking bulbs can be brought to market in California.
The California Energy Commission is quick to claim that this is not a "ban" on incandescent bulbs, but rather a new energy efficiency standard. In fact, it's the same standard that was passed by Congress and signed into federal law by George W. Bush, which will go into effect on January 1, 2012. As is so often the case, California legislators decided to get ahead of the rest of the nation.
Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb and stores will eventually sell out of current supplies. Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs that use no more than 72 watts, including halogen incandescents, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs
Grab yer noodle, Noodle...
from your article...
Heh, guess I should have kept reading.
Yeah ya think? This is a ****ing BAN on incandescent light bulbs! Its total bull****. I should be able to buy any kind of ****ing light bulb I want! Luckily I still can. But not in California. After they run out, thats it. And its total crap.
It's not a ban on incandescent lightbulbs, as your own sources show. The reason I should have kept reading is Whovian already showed that in point of fact, by your very own sources, incandescent bulbs are not banned. Cussing and getting all bent out of shape over a ban that is in fact not in place is silly.
Redress, put on your thinking cap please. They are not going to allow new orders to refill empty store shelves. After the current stock is gone... thats it. You wont be able to buy the bulbs because ofwhy? What do you call that Redress? Think really hard.
Is it because you find freedom tedious and liberty boring?I don't really care about light bulb rules and regulations.
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