Comments on: Tech Writers Have High Hopes for New Lightbulbs http://www.globalwarming.org/2011/07/06/tech-writers-have-high-hopes-for-new-lightbulbs/ Climate Change News & Analysis Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: joshhttp://www.globalwarming.org/2011/07/06/tech-writers-have-high-hopes-for-new-lightbulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-61315 josh Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:02:57 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=9755#comment-61315 You wrote: "Does it really make sense to effectively outlaw a wildly popular technology in efforts [sic] to save tiny amounts of energy over the future?"You are an idiot. It does not take much mental effort to appreciate that a) bulbs will get cheaper with increased adoption, and b) making a ubiquitous product 80% more efficient is going to add up to significant energy savings on both small and large scales.I can't believe there are imbeciles like you out there who want to pretend (for absurd quasi-political reasons) that there is not an energy crisis brewing in the world. This isn't about love for old light bulbs, its about stubbornly burying your head in the sand. You wrote: “Does it really make sense to effectively outlaw a wildly popular technology in efforts [sic] to save tiny amounts of energy over the future?”

You are an idiot. It does not take much mental effort to appreciate that a) bulbs will get cheaper with increased adoption, and b) making a ubiquitous product 80% more efficient is going to add up to significant energy savings on both small and large scales.

I can’t believe there are imbeciles like you out there who want to pretend (for absurd quasi-political reasons) that there is not an energy crisis brewing in the world. This isn’t about love for old light bulbs, its about stubbornly burying your head in the sand.

]]> By: NikFromNYChttp://www.globalwarming.org/2011/07/06/tech-writers-have-high-hopes-for-new-lightbulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-61186 NikFromNYC Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:36:49 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=9755#comment-61186 I must note something about the futility of the Edison light bulb ban. There is already available an excluded-from-the-ban version of incandescents from Amazon.com and online bulb sites that only cost about double of already cheap normal bulbs, namely "rough service" bulbs that have beefier filaments and are thus *less* efficient than standard bulbs. This loophole will be outed soon after the ban takes effect, assuming it does, and just like other types of prohibition will lead to a rebellion against the law, making them cool and popular and resulting in more energy use akin to how vast number of people prefer big beefy SUVs as status symbols in rebellion against green nanny statism. From the bill:(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘general service incandescent lamp’ does not include the following incandescent lamps: ... (XII) A rough service lamp.Search Amazon.com for: 100W rough service. I must note something about the futility of the Edison light bulb ban. There is already available an excluded-from-the-ban version of incandescents from Amazon.com and online bulb sites that only cost about double of already cheap normal bulbs, namely “rough service” bulbs that have beefier filaments and are thus *less* efficient than standard bulbs. This loophole will be outed soon after the ban takes effect, assuming it does, and just like other types of prohibition will lead to a rebellion against the law, making them cool and popular and resulting in more energy use akin to how vast number of people prefer big beefy SUVs as status symbols in rebellion against green nanny statism. From the bill:

(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘general service incandescent lamp’ does not include the following incandescent lamps:
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(XII) A rough service lamp.

Search Amazon.com for: 100W rough service.

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