Sunday, October 3, 2010

Not such a bright idea

Fresh Ink (Clear)

When the government regulates how much water a toilet can flush, or what kind of lightbulbs you can put in your table lamps at home, the Constitution looks pretty small in the rear view mirror.  Exactly where in the Constitution does it say that it is the government's business how much water my toilet is flushing or what kind of lightbulb illuminates my household? 

But the busybodies in the environmental movement have folks convinced of a lot of things that just aren't so.  Remember the campaign that passed the lightbulb bill?  The holier-than-thou greenies told us that if we only changed the lightbulbs in our homes to the compact-fluorescent lightbulbs or "CFL's" as the hipsters knowingly call them, that we could save so much energy that we would practically solve the energy crisis.

Turns out that the CFLs are going to be a lot more trouble than they are worth.  According to this article, not only will they NOT be the great savers of energy that they were promoted to be, but if you actually break one, you practically need a hazardous waste suit to clean it up due to the mercury housed inside, and that is after you have "evacuated the area of all children and pets."  Plus, these CFLs are far more expensive than traditional lightbulbs and they have all the warmth of the fluorescent lighting in a swimsuit changing room at a department store.

The saddest part of the bill of goods sold to the American public on these CFLs was that producing them would create jobs.  And the CFLs have created jobs....if you live in China.

So I dunno about you all, but I'm going to stockpile good old fashioned lightbulbs before they become extinct in January 2012. How the American public was ever convinced of this stupidity has to be one for the record books.  But I'll look to the bright side -- the best part about these crazy lightbulbs may be the new neon sign Americans will see above these kinds of fad bills that come before Congress that reads "Buyer, beware!"

user-pic  By Kay Daly - September 29, 2010 6:05 AM

Read more: http://www.gopusa.com/fresh-ink/2010/09/not-such-a-bright-idea.php#ixzz11KKvC8yw

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