Energy Secretary: No bulbs for you!

[Thomas]

Check this out!

http://www.yaliberty.org/posts/energy-secretary-no-bulbs-for-you

[Carehn]

whats worse is the sheeple look to the same micromanagers that caused all the problems in the 1st place for the solutions.

[KCIndy]

I've been trying to warn people about this for years now.... insane and disgusting Big Brotherism. And this quote from the article says it all:


Said Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Friday: "We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste their own money."

It's for my own good, because I'm too stupid??!!??! :eek::confused: Wow. Just... Wow. The sheer arrogance of that statement is breathtaking.

[acptulsa]

Amazing how they ignore that fluorescent tubes give some people headaches. Especially parents with children who have EZ Bake Ovens...

Speaking of which, how is turning some of your light energy into heat a problem in Alaska in January? This is a bigger problem than mercury in the environment? Really?

I prefer the term micromismanaging, myself.

[AGRP]

budybodies

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Fluorescent lights aren't true natural light. They mix red, blue, and green. This is why sometimes when they fail they are a strange color. I personally hate the fake white light they produce and prefer the natural yellow of incandescent.

[Echoes]

Alex Jones was talking about this yrs ago and everyone called him a conspiracy nut...no way the Govt is gonna ban bulbs blah blah...seems like he's on target often.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Here's the bill if anyone wishes to read the details. I clipped a piece... $10 million reward to design an LED/LUMINESCENT light blub... $5 million for the same in a par38 flood lamp. :rolleyes:

Text of S. 1419 [110th]: Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1419


(f) Award Amounts- Subject to the availability of funds to carry out this section, the amount of--

(1) the 60-Watt Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(1) shall be $10,000,000;

(2) the PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(2) shall be $5,000,000; and

(3) the Twenty-First Century Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(3) shall be $5,000,000.

[LibertyEagle]

Not to mention the fact that we used to manufacture incandescent lightbulbs in this country. Just what we need. More unemployment.

[Anti Federalist]

Not to mention the fact that we used to manufacture incandescent lightbulbs in this country. Just what we need. More unemployment.

The last US plant making incandescents, shut down last year, partly in anticipation of this law.

Yay, globalism...:mad:


Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933.html

Lights out for ordinary bulbs made in the U.S.

The last major U.S. factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs will soon be closing. When it does, the remaining 200 workers at the Winchester, Va., plant, about 70 miles west of Washington, D.C., will lose their jobs, marking a small, sad exit for a product that began with Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.

[oyarde]

100 watt bulbs are and will be available through me :)

[madengr]

The last US plant making incandescents, shut down last year, partly in anticipation of this law.

Yay, globalism...:mad:


Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933.html

Lights out for ordinary bulbs made in the U.S.

The last major U.S. factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs will soon be closing. When it does, the remaining 200 workers at the Winchester, Va., plant, about 70 miles west of Washington, D.C., will lose their jobs, marking a small, sad exit for a product that began with Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.

Yeah, I grew up in Winchester and my HS electronics class took a tour of that plant back in 1990. It was all highly automated, sort of like the attached CFL production pic. Even had a robotic material warehouse. Of course GE being GE had to outsource the automation to China, or use manual labor as shown in the article slideshow. The jobs being lost at that plant are the high skilled maintenance jobs, the ones fedgov touts as being needed for a strong economy. You know, the "go to college and get your electronics tech degree and you'll have a good paying job" sort of job.

Here it is for sale. That tall structure on the left is the robotic warehouse.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16602168/125-Apple-Valley-Road-Winchester-VA/

http://image.ec21.com/image/edwardsystems/OF0006127575_1/Sell_CFL_Manufacturing_Line.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

Yeah, they lied to both of us.

I recall a HS tour that I took of a American Standard fixtures plant back in the 80s. It was an impressive place, partly automated, partly manual, that manufactured, from raw materials, the flush mechanisms and Sloan valves that you've used in almost any public restroom.

The plant employed hundreds of highly skilled mold makers, tool and die men and machinists that made a quality product that provided decades of service.

I just passed by the location in NJ last week, it's all gone, empty buildings and parking lots, outsourced to China.


Yeah, I grew up in Winchester and my HS electronics class took a tour of that plant back in 1990. It was all highly automated, sort of like the attached CFL production pic. Even had a robotic material warehouse. Of course GE being GE had to outsource the automation to China, or use manual labor as shown in the article slideshow. The jobs being lost at that plant are the high skilled maintenance jobs, the ones fedgov touts as being needed for a strong economy. You know, the "go to college and get your electronics tech degree and you'll have a good paying job" sort of job.

Here it is for sale. That tall structure on the left is the robotic warehouse.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16602168/125-Apple-Valley-Road-Winchester-VA/

http://image.ec21.com/image/edwardsystems/OF0006127575_1/Sell_CFL_Manufacturing_Line.jpg