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Actually the Bush administtation DID give a tax break on large vehicles to make them more affordable than their actual impact on the world:

"Congress recently passed a tax bill, as proposed in President Bush's economic stimulus plan, that offers a $100,000 tax credit for business owners who purchase any vehicle weighing 6,000 pounds or more when fully loaded.

When Wizinsky's accountant told him about the credit last year, the amount was much less, at $75,000, but it was enough to encourage Wizinsky to trade in his Mercury Marquis for the Excursion.

"It sounded too good to be true," said Wizinsky, a health care consultant in Novi, Mich. "But it was true. So I bought the SUV. For a small company like mine it's a significant credit."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Hybrid/story?id=97505

http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/int/hummer

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2002-12-18-suv-tax-break_x.htm

...I imagine "non-cloned" meats will be labeled as such...

Some states have tried to prohibit such labeling.

I suspect that your experience is not typical. I've been using compact fluorescents in all fixtures since 2001. Furthermore, every single bulb I purchased in 2001 is still in operation, except for one, which I dropped when we moved to a new apartment.

Here's an interesting article about the safety features of the CFL bulb. My brother, who is a graduate student in fire protection engineering assures me that Underwriters Laboratories, though fully private-sector, is the real deal, so their comments in this article have a lot of credibility, particularly with regard to fire safety.

Dimmable CFL's http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/freshfinds/340 http://www.prolighting.com/ph20wdicfl28.html and as far as I know they have been around a few years

And then you're in trouble with cancer again because of all the seafood thats
tainted with heavy metals and chemicals they pick up...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/03031 7/17mercury.htm

this article has an entire chart on levels of metals in different types of fish

http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc.mhtml?i=103&s=fis h

according to a quick search on google (google search) there is a huge benefit, put forth by the Bush administration, for outrageously large vehicle. Read about it here and here.