tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14950915.post190527981477578610..comments2023-10-30T10:37:21.251-04:00Comments on Shooting The Messenger: South Carolina Taking Light Bulb Ban into Its Own HandsFitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771111574666741468noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14950915.post-32314186844914823092011-05-11T10:11:11.898-04:002011-05-11T10:11:11.898-04:00Its never been about energy savings; hells bells b...Its never been about energy savings; hells bells but the lefties scuttle about in aircraft and Hummers and fast cars more so than even real people do. Its about the power rush from telling an entire nation what it can and cannot do. About being considered smarter than everyone else because in reality they share an intelligence quotient with your basic run of the mill coffee grinder.<br /><br />(I'd have said monkey-grinder but then the emails would start pouring in on how racist I am)Fitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771111574666741468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14950915.post-58852285035251650132011-05-11T08:20:53.771-04:002011-05-11T08:20:53.771-04:00Excellent. Now I can stock up on light bulbs and ...Excellent. Now I can stock up on light bulbs and fireworks on my trips down south. Wonder if South of the Border will add a new billboard? "Pedro says - Buy your bulbs before you go back buddy."bah_humbugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14950915.post-61027522391055075402011-05-11T07:28:14.748-04:002011-05-11T07:28:14.748-04:00Yes, good to see the South Carolina Light Bulb act...Yes, good to see the South Carolina Light Bulb action..<br />Also, despite Arizona, notice the Georgia state ban repeal that has passed in the local Senate,<br />and now the Canadian Government's recent 2 year delay proposal, to 2014!<br /><br />How manufacturers and other vested interests have pushed for a ban on<br />the popular but unprofitable simple regular types of light bulbs, and<br />lobbied for favors:<br /><a href="http://ceolas.net/#li1ax" rel="nofollow">ceolas.net</a><br />with documentation and copies of official communications<br /><br />Besides, no-one was calling for “a ban on energy guzzling radio tubes”<br />(similarities with incandescents) when they were abundant, and newer<br />transistors (similarities with LEDs) were arriving on the market.<br />The tubes got used less anyway – but are still appreciated for special<br />uses, without breaking down any power plant (any guitarists out there?).<br /><br />Hence:<br />If a new product is preferred to the old one, why ban the old one?<br />(No point, little savings)<br />If an old product is preferred to the new one, why ban the old one?<br />(No point, the old one is better)<br />Think about it.Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.com