Life is Golden (09-23-2019), Terri4Trump (09-22-2019), Truth Detector (09-23-2019)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-ca...H5oqvRDzMjm4nY
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The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.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.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Life is Golden (09-23-2019), Terri4Trump (09-22-2019), Truth Detector (09-23-2019)
Freedom of choice
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Life is Golden (09-23-2019), Terri4Trump (09-22-2019), Truth Detector (09-23-2019)
the republicans hate America
they redo stupid wherever they can
Nomad (09-11-2019)
Global warming is a hoax, and to paraphrase Dick Cheney: energy conservation is for wimps.
I fully expect conservatives to start advocating putting lead back in paint and gasoline, rolling back the fascist ban on trans-fats, eliminating the ill-considered requirement for air bags in cars, and empowering people to be able to smoke in restaurants and airplanes again.
Its all about freedom, folks!
"Global warming is a Chinese hoax!" - Donald J. Trumpf
Guno צְבִי (09-11-2019), Nomad (09-11-2019), Phantasmal (09-11-2019), signalmankenneth (09-11-2019), ThatOwlWoman (09-11-2019)
Okay, with me, Ill buy the ones that are cheaper in the long run, and be that much further ahead of my ignorant competitors.
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Cypress (09-11-2019)
Truth Detector (09-23-2019)
America...
FREEDOM TO GET AHEAD BY being less careful about the common good than your competitor.
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Freedom to get ahead by being less ethical, or responsable. Freedom to get ahead by being more ruthless. Freedom to get ahead by being more of a crook.
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
American capitalism, where the most corrupt rise to the top.
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Life is Golden (09-23-2019), Truth Detector (09-23-2019)
Cypress (09-11-2019)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
I'd much rather pay more now for an energy-efficient lightbulb, and save on our electric bills over the long haul.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Aimée (09-11-2019), Phantasmal (09-11-2019)
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
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