Back in December 2007 the United States Congress voted to ban incandescent bulbs and to replace them with toxic CFL bulbs. These toxic CFL bulbs contain toxic mercury gas that is harmful if the light bulb breaks. Watch this to learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0cJc3VEh94
It passed in the House of Representatives 314-100 as you can see here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1177.xml It passed in the Senate 86-8 as you can see here: http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00430
The reason I mention it now is that I did not mention it my post “End ecofascism now!” and I read South Carolina is voting to end light bulb prohibition if they can get the votes: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/05/09/south-carolina-taking-light-bulb-ban-into-its-own-hands/ This should pass in every state and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Federal government tried to sue a state over this. Unfortunately this legislation was signed by President Bush Jr. that same month. What absurd way will the government try to control the lives of Americans next?
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Good to see the South Carolina action
ReplyDeleteAlso notice the Georgia state ban repeal that has passed in the local Senate,
and now the Canadian Government's recent 2 year delay proposal, to 2014!
How manufacturers and other vested interests have pushed for a ban on
the popular but unprofitable simple regular types of light bulbs, and lobbied for favors:
ceolas.net
with documentation and copies of official communications
Besides, no-one was calling for “a ban on energy guzzling radio tubes”
(similarities with incandescents) when they were abundant, and newer
transistors (similarities with LEDs) were arriving on the market.
The tubes got used less anyway – but are still appreciated for special
uses, without breaking down any power plant (any guitarists out there?).
Hence:
If a new product is preferred to the old one, why ban the old one?
(No point, little savings)
If an old product is preferred to the new one, why ban the old one?
(No point, the old one is better)
Think about it.