Patters

More freedom fries anyone?

ThinkProgress

House Rejects Tea Party Effort To Screw Up Light Bulbs | Tea Party conservatives fell far short of the two-thirds majority required to pass Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) BULB Act, which would have revoked lighting efficiency standards that are already reducing pollution, creating jobs, and spurring technological innovation. The 233 to 193 vote, although a majority, rejected the bill because it was being considered under suspension rules that allowed Republicans to avoid regular order. The five Democrats who voted in favor of this Republican joke were conservative Reps. Dan Boren (D-OK), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Colin Peterson (D-MN), and Nick Rahall (D-WV). Ten Republicans voted against their party and for clean energy manufacturing, and one voted present.

The Brandon Five

How do lighting efficiency standards create jobs?

patsfan13

Incandescent bulbs made in USA, florescent bulbs made in China. Jobs for China not in US to put toxic product in our houses, great.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

PatriotsReign

Light bulbs = Freedom??

NOT!!!

This is really a who gives a flyin phukkk topic....

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jcdavey

freedom bulbs lol

mcgraw_wv

Honestly... In real practice, these new bulbs are a PURE waste of money.

First off, if we had a bulb make it the 10 years without replacing I would be happy, but they burn out just as fast as the other ones... so while we do have them all over our house, we relace them at the same intervals as the other ones, only now I'm spending 4 - 8 times more for the bulbs.

I can't help but assume these standards are nothing but a shot in the Lighting industry lobbied for from congress under the guise of green.

Patters

At least in MA, you can occasionally find these bulbs at similar prices to regular name-brand bulbs and they last a lot longer. In my building, where we run hallway lights 24/7, we used to replace the bulbs every couple of weeks. Now we replace them every couple of months. But, there do seem to be some brands that last longer than others.

patsfan13

They contain Mercury, they are toxic when they break.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

PatsWSB47

mercury is good for you

wistahpatsfan

MMMmmmmm...Merrrrrrrcury......

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