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Incandecent Bulbs Made Illegal

Incandescent Light bulb ban.... do you care?

  • I care! The ban is foolish! I want my incandescent bulbs!

    Votes: 13 23.6%
  • I like the ban! Bring on new lighting technology!

    Votes: 17 30.9%
  • I dont care either way!

    Votes: 10 18.2%
  • I like incandescent bulbs and fluorescent ones. But dont make a law about them!

    Votes: 11 20.0%
  • OTHER / I dont know / Chimichanga

    Votes: 4 7.3%

  • Total voters
    55
Yes I care.
 
Thanks to President Bush and Congress it will soon be illegal tobuy and sell incandecent light bulbs! Do you care?

Need a Light Bulb? Uncle Sam Gets to Choose: Virginia Postrel - Bloomberg

This is entirely and totally untrue. New light bulbs have to conform to certain new standards, and in fact there are incandescent bulbs that do qualify.

PolitiFact | Conservative PAC claims Democrats banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescent light bulbs

Checking facts is gud.
 
This is entirely and totally untrue. New light bulbs have to conform to certain new standards, and in fact there are incandescent bulbs that do qualify.

PolitiFact | Conservative PAC claims Democrats banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescent light bulbs

Checking facts is gud.

There is nothing in that article that is untrue. What R-U talking about?

They're not illegal
They will be soon. Already in CA its illegal. Has anyone read the damn article? Screw this..... Im getting a beer and watching American Pickers! Son of a..........
 
Yep, true dat. You can't find a 100 watt incandescent in California. It's illegal to buy or sell them. I understand that all incandescents will be illegal here soon, and according to the article, a federal law will soon kick in to phase out incandescents throughout the entire nation.

I hate this. The new bulbs cost a fortune, don't cast enough light for me to read well, and last only half as long as the old bulbs did. Adding to the insult, there hasn't been a drop in our killowatt usage; it has in fact increased. Too damned much government running interference for corporations that can't build a product people want to buy, so they bribe politicians to make using anything other than their products illegal. It sucks. :2mad:
 
There is nothing in that article that is untrue. What R-U talking about?


They will be soon. Already in CA its illegal. Has anyone read the damn article? Screw this..... Im getting a beer and watching American Pickers! Son of a..........

They are not illegal, there is no law making them illegal. You can buy the new incandescent bulbs at Home Depot and Lowe's. The new incandescent bulbs put out the same light as the older bulbs, but do it with lower energy use.

Let me repeat this: they are not illegal, except maybe in Cali, but since your source is a propaganda piece, I would not even bet on that. Getting your news from opinion pieces is foolish.
 
Yep, true dat. You can't find a 100 watt incandescent in California. It's illegal to buy or sell them. I understand that all incandescents will be illegal here soon, and according to the article, a federal law will soon kick in to phase out incandescents throughout the entire nation.

I hate this. The new bulbs cost a fortune, don't cast enough light for me to read well, and last only half as long as the old bulbs did. Adding to the insult, there hasn't been a drop in our killowatt usage; it has in fact increased. Too damned much government running interference for corporations that can't build a product people want to buy, so they bribe politicians to make using anything other than their products illegal. It sucks. :2mad:

There is no federal law now, nor kicking in at any point, that makes incandescent bulbs illegal. However, your 100 watt incandescent is replaces with a 72 watt incandescent bulb that puts out just as much light as the old 100 watt bulbs.
 
Tyranny comes. Flush toilets. Light bulbs. Bureaucrats who make rule and regulations to damage this economy all in the name of what? A fraud? A lie. Man-caused global warming, er, cooling, er change?

At some point it will be time to drag out the pitchforks and clean the stables.
 
That was stupid of him.

Banning bulbs? What else?
 
They are not illegal, there is no law making them illegal. You can buy the new incandescent bulbs at Home Depot and Lowe's. The new incandescent bulbs put out the same light as the older bulbs, but do it with lower energy use.

Let me repeat this: they are not illegal, except maybe in Cali, but since your source is a propaganda piece, I would not even bet on that. Getting your news from opinion pieces is foolish.

Really? Here is the ban California Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Takes Effect
California's Incandescent Bulb Ban Begins - Environment - GOOD

[GOOGLE]california incandescent light bulb ban - Google Search[/GOOGLE]

It seems to be a dazzling profusion of choice. But, at least in California, where I live, this plenitude no longer includes what most shoppers want: an inexpensive, plain-vanilla 100-watt incandescent bulb. Selling them is now illegal here.
 
Some of those are nice, and you can get them cheaper. Check Amazon. The idea of almost never replacing a lightbulb is nice.

up. early ones tended to get too hot and blow, making them expensive and worthless at the same time. Most newer technology LED lights will last for 20 years, use way less energy, and produce negligible heat when compared to incandescent.
 

Grab yer noodle, Noodle...

from your article...
As of this past Saturday, January 1, 2011, standard 100-watt incandescent light bulbs are being phased off of California store shelves. Bulbs that were manufactured before January 1 or already on store shelves can still be legally sold and purchased, but no more of the low-tech, energy sucking bulbs can be brought to market in California.
The California Energy Commission is quick to claim that this is not a "ban" on incandescent bulbs, but rather a new energy efficiency standard. In fact, it's the same standard that was passed by Congress and signed into federal law by George W. Bush, which will go into effect on January 1, 2012. As is so often the case, California legislators decided to get ahead of the rest of the nation.
 

Read your damn sources past the headlines. From just the first:

Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb and stores will eventually sell out of current supplies. Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs that use no more than 72 watts, including halogen incandescents, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs

Hey look, even in Cali you can still buy incandescent light bulbs, just like I said. Reading sources is gud.
 
I don't really care about light bulb rules and regulations.
 
Heh, guess I should have kept reading.

Yeah ya think? This is a ****ing BAN on incandescent light bulbs! Its total bull****. I should be able to buy any kind of ****ing light bulb I want! Luckily I still can. But not in California. After they run out, thats it. And its total crap.
 
Yeah ya think? This is a ****ing BAN on incandescent light bulbs! Its total bull****. I should be able to buy any kind of ****ing light bulb I want! Luckily I still can. But not in California. After they run out, thats it. And its total crap.

It's not a ban on incandescent lightbulbs, as your own sources show. The reason I should have kept reading is Whovian already showed that in point of fact, by your very own sources, incandescent bulbs are not banned. Cussing and getting all bent out of shape over a ban that is in fact not in place is silly.
 
It's not a ban on incandescent lightbulbs, as your own sources show. The reason I should have kept reading is Whovian already showed that in point of fact, by your very own sources, incandescent bulbs are not banned. Cussing and getting all bent out of shape over a ban that is in fact not in place is silly.

Redress, put on your thinking cap please. They are not going to allow new orders to refill empty store shelves. After the current stock is gone... thats it. You wont be able to buy the bulbs because ofwhy? What do you call that Redress? Think really hard.
 
Redress, put on your thinking cap please. They are not going to allow new orders to refill empty store shelves. After the current stock is gone... thats it. You wont be able to buy the bulbs because ofwhy? What do you call that Redress? Think really hard.

In point of fact, they can refill the shelves with new incandescent light bulbs, as both the link I provided, and the links you provided make clear.

Go, read the stuff quoted in this thread, notice how they all agree on one point, that incandescent bulbs are not banned.
 
Changing the standards might as well ban the product. It can't be sold without being against the law. I would call that effectively a ban.
 
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