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California Proposes to Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the coming-to-your-house-to-smash-the-old-ones dept.

zhang1983 writes to tell us CNN is reporting that California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs with the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act". The act will promote Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to replace the inefficient incandescent lightbulbs. According to him, "Incandescent lightbulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago, and since that time they have undergone no major modifications, meanwhile, they remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light."

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  1. Re:No great loss... by letxa2000 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    while i agree that this bill might have good intentions it doesn't address what will happen to people.


    Most legislation doesn't, especially that passed by uninformed liberals. They know what's good for you, in theory, reality be damned. Next the liberals will just pass legislation mandating that no-one can get headaches from their previous legislation. Believe me, liberal legislation has been causing headaches for decades and it's only going to get worse. The headaches from this legislation are aimed only to prepare you for the massive migraines past liberal legislation will be provoking in the not-too-distant future.

    Now go ahead and mod me as flamebait, but what I said was absolutely true.

  2. Re:No great loss... by TheGavster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The question I ask everyone who complains about 60Hz CRTs is: How do you do movie theaters? The 48Hz refresh there must be insanely painful.

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    "Because Science" is one step from "Because old book". Try "Because of my experiment testing my falsifiable assertion".