[QUOTE=Mitt Romney]
This is a time when we look beyond who we are today and ask who we will become tomorrow.
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Yeah, that’s always the question with Mitt… :rolleyes:
Well in his defense it is hard to talk when one has been kicked in the Boehner.
Now this is stupid in several ways:
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/22/144136516/future-dim-for-100-watt-bulb-despite-congress-stall
As many republicans stood by and let this go forward, it is really hard to find any house republican that does not deserve to be branded a “Dim Bulb” for posterity.
I love the graphic ClimateProgress used to comment on this “helpful” move by politicians that even the industry does not like!
"GD
Soft-Head Bulbs
Generally Demented
Dim Lights for Dim Wits."
I just flat out don’t get that one. Curly light bulbs are the tits, the perfect merging of beauty and functionality. They work better, last longer, save bo-koo bucks, what’s not to like? Are they gay? A gateway drug to LED abuse? Encourage unnecessary reading? What is there about curly bulbs that is remotely political?
The connection to energy savings and the fight against global climate change. “The stupid Democrats are making you give up your beloved incandescent light bulbs as part of the conspiracy to fight imaginary global warming!”
(I don’t get the politics of it, but what’s not to like for some people who get light-induced migraines, is that incandescent bulbs are much easier to live with - the light from the “curly bulbs” is pretty harsh. Hopefully technology will improve the newer bulbs so that their light is softer.)
The hilarious thing is that people will still be able to purchase incandescent bulbs, with one catch: the new incandescents will be more energy efficient.
No wonder Republicans are so upset.
:rolleyes:
If you check the rest of the article you will notice that demos from industry were made to the congress critters to show that the improvements that you refer to are here already.
That was one of the reasons why I was saying this is so idiotic, the republicans willfully ignored the evidence.
Won’t somebody please think of the incandescent bulbs?
Agreed. Every time an incandescent bulb burns out in my house, I replace it with the new curly bulbs. I think at this point we’ve only got about four more incandescents to go.
The CFLs give off more light, use less energy, and they last longer. It’s really a no-brainer (unless you’re a Republican, apparently).
The Republican mantra: “It’s my Goddamn right to waste energy and money. You’re not the boss of me”
I must disagree. About half of the CFLs I have bought take a significant amount of time to warm up. It is pretty annoying to walk into a room, turn the light on, and have it operate at probably 40% of its rated lumens for some amount of time, I’d guess somewhere in the 10 to 30 second range.
So this happens all the time: I walk into a room at night looking for something. Turn the CFL on. Look around as if I just turned on a 25 watt light. Can’t find it. Getting brighter, maybe 40 watts now. Keep looking. Where is that damned gonkulator? Light still getting brighter. Ah, the light is now at full power, and now I can see that the item is six inches away from the lamp, and only now has light been shed on it.
There are a couple aspects of CFLs that are clearly better than incandescents. But I’m willing to bet that most people would rather have CFLs that are MORE like incandescents in most respects (comes on quickly, doesn’t hum, is dimmable, very cheap to replace, able to throw in trash, etc) while maintaining the only two key advantages of CFLs (uses less power and lasts longer). I’m sure you’ll notice that CFLs are getting better because they are getting more like incandescents.
BTW, I’m fully in favor of phasing out old incandescents.
Because they didn’t fail to extend it. The House wanted a one year extension. The Senate decided to toss a few crumbs to the working man and magnificently came up with…two months.
Instead of buying the liberal bullshit that the Republicans were screwing things up, why aren’t you raising hell with the Democrat run Senate for being such horse’s asses as to think that two months extension really meant something?
Do you ever post about things you actually understand? Oh, I’m sorry…that would pretty much prevent you from posting at all, wouldn’t it?
If only…
You exist in a fun-house distortion of reality that frightens and enrages you.
Woot! Got another stupid Republican idea of the day: Clothahump deciding to post in this thread without any real knowledge or understanding of what’s being discussed!
I know it’s not unusual, but it does fit the thread’s criteria!
What Ravenman sad. It’s fucking annoying.
My old CFLs had a pause before the light came on. That was OK by me. Flip light switch, pause, light on full, ready to go.
I can’t seem to find those any longer, just the crappy ones that s l o w l y come up to level. I keep thinking I’m going blind.
I didn’t know about the new incandescents, I’ll have to check those out. We have a number of fixtures that aren’t CFL appropriate, for one reason or another.
I’m hopeful that the LEDs will continue to get better and cheaper in the near future, and I’ll give those a try.
Just recently read about a system for providing night time lighting for those without reliable electricity: solar panels, storage batteries, and LED’s, all of it third world cheap. Kind of thing gladdens my heart, sappers undermining the fortifications of ignorance.
Good show, that! Pip pip!
This is false. The House wanted one year so they could reject 2 months. That’s why they kept embedding poison pills in the legislation.
The GOP was all about tax cuts paying for themselves until it was a tax cut for other than their key constituency. The GOP was all about keeping legislation clean and simple, without addons. Until it was something they wanted and would reduce the chances the tax cut would pass.
39 Republicans voted for the 2 month extension as well. I don’t remember when the Dems were calling the shots on their votes.
The GOP resistance to this tax cut was completely political in spite of the near- universal support for it. This was all about the Tea Party flexing their muscles.
Congrats to them. Their popularity was already on the decline. That freshman class is going to learn a valuable lesson.