tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post1792567679008833071..comments2023-09-23T08:36:19.788-04:00Comments on The Conservative Lady: Hold The Spaghetti...The Conservative Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669596582233642119noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-85294567429745552022012-06-25T12:48:20.685-04:002012-06-25T12:48:20.685-04:00Btw manufacturers sought and welcomed the ban on ...Btw manufacturers sought and welcomed the ban on profit motives....<br /><br />a ban on simple safe bright popular bulbs that unfortunately are also cheap and patent expired.... <br />hence a happy worldwide push by Philips, Osram UN and World Bank in developing countries for everyone to use patented complex expensive bulbs... made by Philips and Osram.<br /><br />As in recent Rio conference decision June 2012<br /><br />their argument =<br />http://www.enlighten-initiative.org/portal/Portals/26107/documents/Resources/Press%20Release%20Enlighten%20Rio.pdf<br /><br />counter argument = <br /><a href="http://dunday.com/2012/02/philips-osram-and-un-how-we-will.html" rel="nofollow">Philips, Osram, the UN and the World Bank:<br />How we will en.lighten the World in 2012</a><br /><br />A bit like banning Penicillin for Africa, so they have to buy patented complex expensive alternatives, <br />- especially since the overall society energy savings don't hold up as previously linkedLighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-70703155410704356732012-06-20T21:15:01.260-04:002012-06-20T21:15:01.260-04:00Haha, I must be the only conservative using LEDS. ...Haha, I must be the only conservative using LEDS. I have them all over my house because I think their cool, not because the government wants me to use them.LibertarianPatriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076267973379629121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-18532327019235670212012-06-15T09:23:11.804-04:002012-06-15T09:23:11.804-04:00Well plenty hoarding them I'd say!
All light b...Well plenty hoarding them I'd say!<br />All light bulbs have advantages, for different use in different locations.<br />Incandescents aren't bad just for being "old" - as seen from their popularity.<br />Besides, banning them hardly saves society energy overall, as referenced below with Dept of Energy stats<br /><br />Even if certain light bulbs – or Cars, Buildings, Washing Machines etc – had<br />to be targeted to save energy, market competition or even taxation policies are more relevant.<br />(on liberal ideology taxation can pay for price lowering subsidies on alternatives as well as giving Govmt income so people "not just hit by taxes" - hello California - so regulation bans are wrong regardless of ideology)<br /><br />Both alternative policies keep choice, and especially market competition is in addition better at promoting innovation and saving more energy overall,<br />as referenced<br /> <a href="http://freedomlightbulb.org/p/deception-behind-banning-light-bulbs.html" rel="nofollow">http://freedomlightbulb.org/</a>Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-41486696336991509482012-06-14T20:05:26.712-04:002012-06-14T20:05:26.712-04:00Oh, I'll bet we've got you beat on toidy p...Oh, I'll bet we've got you beat on toidy paper though :) No three [Chinese] seashells for us!Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-6741084826493986812012-06-14T20:04:24.219-04:002012-06-14T20:04:24.219-04:00We're about equal on our "stimulating the...We're about equal on our "stimulating the economy by buying light bulbs from China" strategy. :)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-59430175190494608392012-06-13T17:38:30.940-04:002012-06-13T17:38:30.940-04:00It's not too late to get rich. Once the bill ...It's not too late to get rich. Once the bill get to the Senate and/or Obama, it'll be toast.The Conservative Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669596582233642119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-17294640129289378292012-06-13T17:31:40.403-04:002012-06-13T17:31:40.403-04:00It would be good to see "Made in America"...It would be good to see "Made in America" more often.The Conservative Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669596582233642119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-84758966008045338122012-06-13T09:30:35.116-04:002012-06-13T09:30:35.116-04:00That stash looks quite similar to ours... Publix h...That stash looks quite similar to ours... Publix had them on buy one, get one free about six months ago... We were hoping to get rich on the "black market"...T.N.B.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06365780753826760681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503734024591838429.post-60212608469766223172012-06-13T06:28:46.593-04:002012-06-13T06:28:46.593-04:00We have a light bulb stash, too, and most of them ...We have a light bulb stash, too, and most of them were already made elsewhere, not in America (unfortunately).Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com