Feb 09, 2011 - A limited-government group says it's ratcheting up its grass-roots efforts this week to repeal the phaseout of incandescent light bulbs slated to begin next year.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and 20 other GOP House members, including Texan Ron Paul, have already proposed a bill to repeal the phaseout. Other proposals are expected this month by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, according to Freedom Acton, a Web-based group founded in 2009 by political activists at the Center for Competitive Enterprise.
"The light bulb ban is an outrageous government limitation on consumer choice and intrusion into the home of every American," Myron Ebell, the group's director said in a statement. "There is overwhelming public support that spans the political spectrum for repealing the ban on incandescent light bulbs." {continued}
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Huh?? A Push to Repeal Ban on Incandescent Bulbs
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All lights have advantages and disadvantages, none should be banned just for using more energy.
Even if there were energy savings:
Citizens pay for the electricity they use,
there is no energy shortage justifying usage limitation on citizens,
and if there was a shortage of finite coal/oil/gas, their price rise
limits their use anyway - without legislation.
Emissions? Light bulbs don't give out CO2 gas -power plants might.
If there is an energy supply/emissions problem - deal with the problem!
Ceolas.net has extensive research on why the regulation arguments are wrong,
including that the supposed energy savings are not there anyway,
http://ceolas.net/#li171x
with US Dept of Energy references
Under 1% overall energy savings from efficiency regulations on incandescent lights.
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