Thursday, January 17, 2008
Lightbulbs and Lobbyists
This mandatory transition seems to be the result of "shoot from the hip" politicians who are desperate to please.
I honestly think they have failed to do their homework about the downsides, and have just blindly accepted the advice of lobbyists, corporations, and environmentalists...
I honestly think they have failed to do their homework about the downsides, and have just blindly accepted the advice of lobbyists, corporations, and environmentalists...
At the American Conservative Union Foundation, Timothy Carney discusses it:
"The provision would make it illegal for American retailers in most cases to sell light bulbs that do not meet certain standards of efficiency — that is, a bulb in 2012 as bright as today’s 60 watt incandescent must get by with 42 watts of electricity.
Today, the clear successor to Thomas Edison’s incandescent bulb is the compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL). CFLs are more expensive, but they last longer and use less electricity. They have real downsides, however."
