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Goodbye To The Light Bulb
Katy Grimes: The nanny state-enviro crusaders must be gushing with joy today with the news that on Sunday, the evil 100-watt incandescent bulb will no longer be manufactured in the United States.
Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act in December 2007 which mandated the phasing out of the traditional light bulb. Since when did Americans relinquish purchasing decisions to the government? As part of the federally mandated phaseout, the killing of the incandescent light bulb was pushed up one year by California – the state that always must be ahead of the rest of the nation on liberty-infringing laws and regulations. “California was given authority to implement it one year earlier to avoid sales of 10.5 million comparatively inefficient 100-watt bulbs in 2011,” reported the Sacramento Bee. It’s time to start stocking up on the nearly extinct standard incandescent light bulbs if you want to be able to read using any of those old-fashioned things we call “lamps” in our homes. The new energy efficient bulbs don’t actually provide light one can read by. “In California, the standard on 75-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect Sunday, with a new wattage-use goal of 53 watts. The standard on 40- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect in California on Jan. 1, 2013.” Instead of offering the energy efficient bulbs as a choice, the government banned incandescent bulbs to force everyone to buy the new bulbs. We are facing energy shortages in California, state officials are trying to force us out of our cars and onto mass transportation, and now they will leave us in dark, cold homes – with flickering Energy Star light bulbs that are illegal to dispose of – until we agree to the demands of a growing government? Say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb, and goodbye to more personal choices, rights and liberties. DEC. 29, 2011
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May 19, 2013
Enjoy your mercury filled incadescent lights, especially when they break all over your floor.
Is there any way to get this legislatured over turned? I mean at the national level. It certainly will never happen in Cawleefornia (as Ahnode sez). Yet another of a million reasons to leave the state or secede.
But I guess not since it was Bushtard who signed the legislation.
Just proves DemoCrook or RepubloCon, they are just different wings of the same corrupt bird of prey.
There is still time to get 100-watt bulbs on Amazon (but only another day or two), and a full year to stock up on 75-watt bulbs from there, notwithstanding the lunatics at the California Energy Commission and their enablers in the Legislature. Get yours now. I have nearly filled up one full wall in the garage with mine.
There is still time to get 100-watt bulbs on Amazon (but only another day or two), and a full year to stock up on 75-watt bulbs from there, notwithstanding the lunatics at the California Energy Commission and their enablers in the Legislature. Get yours now. I have nearly filled up one full wall in the garage with 100 watt bulbs.
[...] Goodbye To The Light Bulb Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 12/27/11 The nanny state-enviro crusaders must be gushing with joy today with the news that on Sunday, the evil 100-watt incandescent bulb will no longer be manufactured in the United States. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act in December 2007 which mandated the phasing out of the traditional light bulb. Since when did Americans relinquish purchasing decisions to the government? As part of the federally mandated phaseout, the killing of the incandescent light bulb was pushed up one year by California – the state that always must be ahead of the rest of the nation on liberty-infringing laws and regulations. “California was given authority to implement it one year earlier to avoid sales of 10.5 million comparatively inefficient 100-watt bulbs in 2011,” reported the Sacramento Bee. It’s time to start stocking up on the nearly extinct standard incandescent light bulbs if you want to be able to read using any of those old-fashioned things we call “lamps” in our homes. The new energy efficient bulbs don’t actually provide light one can read by. “In California, the standard on 75-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect Sunday, with a new wattage-use goal of 53 watts. The standard on 40- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect in California on Jan. 1, 2013.” Instead of offering the energy efficient bulbs as a choice, the government banned incandescent bulbs to force everyone to buy the new bulbs. We are facing energy shortages in California, state officials are trying to force us out of our cars and onto mass transportation, and now they will leave us in dark, cold homes – with flickering Energy Star light bulbs that are illegal to dispose of – until we agree to the demands of a growing government? Say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb, and goodbye to more personal choices, rights and liberties. [...]
“Since when did Americans relinquish purchasing decisions to the government?”
Would you prefer we go back to a world where lead is used as a sweetener in candy?
Do you think Heroin should be available in your local drugstore? Or advertised on television?
We pass some laws and regulations to try to protect ourselves and eachother. This has been going on for a long, long time.
You can argue with this specific regulation, but to argue against the entire concept of regulation is insane.
“It’s time to start stocking up on the nearly extinct standard incandescent light bulbs if you want to be able to read using any of those old-fashioned things we call “lamps” in our homes.”
Ummm….. CFL bulbs do work in lamps. They’re lightbulbs. Are you being serious?
“The new energy efficient bulbs don’t actually provide light one can read by.”
What is this sentence supposed to mean? Is this a joke too? Do you have any idea what you’re talking about here? At all???
Dear Ms Grimes and the editors of Cal Watchdog,
I read this article and have to admit I was confused by it. Most significantly, I was bewildered by the following statement:
“It’s time to start stocking up on the nearly extinct standard incandescent light bulbs if you want to be able to read using any of those old-fashioned things we call “lamps” in our homes. The new energy efficient bulbs don’t actually provide light one can read by.”
This passage made me wonder if you or your editors are familiar with what CFLs actually are.
They are in fact “lightbulbs” (that’s what the “L” stands for, incidentally). They do in fact work in “lamps”, and they are most certainly able to “provide light one can read by”. In fact, many independent studies show the majority of users prefer the quality of light from CFL bulbs, particularly when it comes to reading. Here’s just one such review:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/reviews/news/4215199
As for the question “Since when did Americans relinquish purchasing decisions to the government?” I’ll allow you to answer that yourself.
You know as well as I do that there are a great deal of products that are regulated, from drugs and alcohol to explosives and pornography. To speak in favor of looser regulations is one thing, but to pose this question with a straight face is to be intellectually dishonest.
I assume that you folks over at Cal Watchdog are responsible journalists and will eventually retract or apologize for the misleading and inaccurate statements made here. Please let me know when you do, I’d eager to read the follow up.
Thanks,
Justin Colletti
Managing Editor
Trust Me, I’m A Scientist
http://trustmeimascientist.com
Mr. Colletti “Trust Me, I’m A Scientist, ***facetious title” – We an argue all day about which poll shows who likes or dislikes the CFLs.
The point of the story was the government’s interference in the free market, and the far more important issues facing California than pushing up the ban. The federal government overreached once again, under the auspices of mankind global warming, and outlawed the bulbs.
“You know as well as I do that there are a great deal of products that are regulated, from drugs and alcohol to explosives and pornography.” Should we just sit back and take all regulation as deemed appropriate by the government? these “eco-friendly” bulbs are considered hazardous waste. They contain mercury and cannot be broken or discarded in the regular trash. How bright was that decision? More good ideas from the people who also don’t like toilet paper, the internal combustion engine, wood-burning fires, and transfats.
Maybe the music you write about is next on the ban list, should some member of Congress take a dislike to it. That’s the ridiculousness of this ban.
- Katy