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    Quote Originally Posted by signalmankenneth View Post
    About five or six years ago, our utility company sent out free CFL bulbs, upon request. I have enough CFL bulbs to last for years to come!

    These bulbs are energy efficient too! Why would anybody go back to incandescent bulbs?!! I don't think they even make incandescent bulbs anymore?!!

    Last major U.S. factory making incandescent light bulbs closes

    https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/gadge...t-bulbs-closes

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    Those things have mercury in them you dumbass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    Was somebody screaming to go back to the old bulbs? Why did Trump do such a stupid thing? Is it part of the program to show how he does not believe in science and global warming?
    It will cost Trumpies more money and force them to change bulbs more often.
    Trump is not too bright and acts on whim and a sense of revenge. He will show those scientists who is boss.
    I expect he did it as part of his roll-back of everything Obama. Joke's on him. The law was passed in 2007, under W's regime. And it never banned incandescents anyways.

    https://www.epa.gov/cfl/how-energy-i...ts-light-bulbs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Life is Golden View Post
    And they stay much cooler. I buy them too. But if my neighbor can't afford or doesn't want to buy them, that should be up to them as well.
    DITTO.

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    Nearly every bulb in my house is LED, except for a few long tube florescent fixtures that still work well and I have a small stash of bulbs from a multi-pack that I bought years ago. Oh, and some odd-shaped bulbs that are in some little-used ceiling fixtures, but only because I have not yet found LED replacements. I took a huge box of old, unused, incandescents and CFLs to the ReStore a while back, as it makes no sense to use them.

    It's a minor challenge finding some LED replacements, but Amazon makes it easier. I've long replaced my microwave bulbs, my low voltage landscape bulbs, and my under-counter bulbs.

    Once the Edison type LED candelabra bulbs became affordable I replaced all the chandelier bulbs with them. The exposed filaments look awesome on or off.

    The only bulb that won't be changed to LED is the one in the oven.

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    Not too high on my giveashit list

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    LOL



    What's amusing about this whole Bulbgate thing is 1) the law was passed during Bush (R)'s reign, not Obama's, and 2) it doesn't ban incandescents. But Freedumbs!

    https://www.epa.gov/cfl/how-energy-i...ts-light-bulbs
    More insults and name-calling when you have no argument. How weak. If you want to be a govt slave and have them determine every item you purchase, sign on up. Just don't demand I do so. Worry about what YOU'RE doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    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.

    more at link...
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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    the republicans hate America
    they redo stupid wherever they can
    Leftists must hate the poor. Went to buy a light bulb in Commiefornia; $21 for two bulbs. Incandescent would have cost about $2.50.

    I can afford them; those who are struggling to get by, not so much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Life is Golden View Post
    More insults and name-calling when you have no argument. How weak. If you want to be a govt slave and have them determine every item you purchase, sign on up. Just don't demand I do so. Worry about what YOU'RE doing.
    I guess you didn't read the actual law that I posted a link to, eh? Incandescents were NOT banned. NOT. As in NO THEY WEREN'T. So you and your Tangerine Toddler are getting whipped up over -- wait for it -- NOTHING.

    But then, it's been that way since 2016.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    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!
    ^^Marxist morons hate freedom and choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    America...

    FREEDOM TO GET AHEAD BY being less careful about the common good than your competitor.
    ^^Marxist morons hate America, liberty and freedom of choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    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.
    Sounds like the Democratic Party of the Jackass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    American capitalism, where the most corrupt rise to the top.
    ^^Marxist morons hate capitalism; love lawless, third world shit holes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SOmad View Post
    Why do you hate brains and common sense?
    Why do you think you have any?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I guess you didn't read the actual law that I posted a link to, eh? Incandescents were NOT banned. NOT. As in NO THEY WEREN'T. So you and your Tangerine Toddler are getting whipped up over -- wait for it -- NOTHING.

    But then, it's been that way since 2016.
    Semantics:

    To be precise, on 1/1/12, a provision of federal law will effectively ban the manufacture of standard incandescent bulbs, starting with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 on down to the 40-watt bulb in 2014.
    https://www.justfactsdaily.com/are-i...-being-banned/

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