The Pub:
You know….do we really need the government tell us what light bulbs we can and can’t use. The biggest thing that concerns me is what’s next. Only certain kinds of windows? Or how about limiting the number of windows new homes can have to help better preserve the heat inside in the winter? Only certain kinds of sheet rock on your walls? Only certain kinds of insulation in your attics?
I know, there are already regulations on a lot of that.
But light bulbs? Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for it. I have some “alternate” kinds of light bulbs in my house now.
But do we need legislation dictating it?
I say no, we don’t.
According to most articles that I have read, even some of the light bulb companies are against repealing this act. That is great. Let them keep producing more energy efficient light bulbs like they are now.
We’ll still buy them.
And of course the articles mostly quote manufactures of LED light bulbs and other “green” forms of light. But some of the big light bulb companies are quoted as well.
I don’t understand why America has become a “must need legislation for XYZ”. XYZ representing everything in our lives now days it seems.
via Energy bill concerns light bulb firms | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com.
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on whether to repeal the portion of the voluminous 2007 energy bill that mandates increased efficiency in incandescent light bulbs, lighting companies large and small are voicing their concern and urging Congress to leave the measure intact.Supporters believe the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, H.R. 2417, would boost consumer choice and minimize government intrusion by eliminating the provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act that incandescent bulbs be 25 percent to 30 percent more efficient starting in 2012.First up is 100-watt bulbs, the older versions of which cannot be sold after January under that measure, which was part of the broader bill designed to reduce energy costs, air pollution and U.S. dependence on foreign oil then-President George W. Bush signed in 2007.U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, and Florida Congressmen Connie Mack and Jeff Miller are co-sponsors of the BULB Act, which was introduced by a Texas Republican named Joe Barton.Posey supports the measure because he believes the Energy Independence and Security Act as written limits consumer options and in fact has the potential to cost the consumers more, spokesmanGeorge Cecala said Monday.Lighting companies that make compact fluorescent and light-emitting diode bulbs, which are more expensive to purchase but are far more energy efficient over the long run than traditional bulbs, hope the measure fails.
via Energy bill concerns light bulb firms | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com.
