New, federally-mandated light bulbs will cost $50 -- each

[Hot Mega]

People still use 100 watt bulbs for regular, home lighting??

The story is a yawner IMO...the g'ment already regulates business and products everyday consistent with this policy.:dunno:

 

[D-rock]

Now if I was gonna attack the Left, ^^^this^^^ is what I would use.

Mercury is a valuable material, we use it a lot of technology. As long as it's recycled properly, there's no problem. However...

I don't know how it is in Europe or San Francisco, but in America WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU DISPOSE OF THESE THINGS PROPERLY? MY RECYCLING COMPANY JUST DUMPS SHIT INTO A LANDFILL BY ALL REPORTS, AND APPARENTLY I HAVE TO DRIVE OUT TO A SPECIAL DUMP TO GET RID OF COMPUTERS, BATTERIES AND LIGHTBULBS, CUZ MY SHITTY-ASS RECYCLING SERVICE DON'T TAKE 'EM. SO I END UP JUST DUMPING THEM IN THE GARBAGE JUST LIKE 99% OF EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY DOES! THIS IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM WITH THE MERCURY! THIS IS THE LIBERAL DOUBLE STANDARD!

That's a pretty legitimate complaint that oven gets overlooked. I don't have a problem with recycling. The problem comes from the sheer impracticality of much of it. I shouldn't be expected to drive halfway across the state to be able to properly dispose of some things.

 

[Legzman]

The technology in traditional "incandescent" bulbs is more than a century old.

why reinvent the wheel? :dunno:

 

[Ike Stain]

why reinvent the wheel? :dunno:

So you're saying you want to roll your car on this:

 

[Legzman]

^^^why not? It worked in back to the future 3

 

[Ike Stain]

^^^why not? It worked in back to the future 3

I grant you permission to keep using incandescents.

 

[Trident1]

This has not been confirmed.

I'll stay away from them until then.

(Unlike, I might add, global warming, which has the consensus of 99% of the scientific community. Michael Savage having an extremely compelling quote about global warming being a hoax does not make it true.)

99% you say? I doubt it.

I don't see too many people screaming about cell phones which also contain lots of toxic stuff and may be linked to brain cancer.

Wait 10 years before the first cases of brain cancer turn up. Whenever you use a cell and place it against your head you're cooking your brain in that area. That's been proven.

 

[monicasilver]

The twistie ones seem to burnout almost as fast as the old ones.

 

[Ike Stain]

99% you say? I doubt it.

Again, pulling the wool over your own eyes on this one. There are a handful of scientists who claim Global Warming is not happening, against the rest of the scientific community who agree that it is.

For someone who makes the point that science is objective, you really don't want to look at the issue objectively, and base your position not on science, but on the media (non-liberal media, but media just the same.)

Go look at the science, then we'll talk.

 

[Trident1]

Go look at the science, then we'll talk.

I have. I've seen both sides to the issue of MMGW. It's a politicized theory who's root cause is blaming humanity.


The sun's energy output, Earth's orbit, volcanism have infinitely more to do with cyclical climate changes than a bunk theory.


Australia is set to destroy the camel population in the outback on this fraud because the camels "produce too much methane".

It's madness. It's akin to a Leftist Inquisition.