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A whole bunch of right-wing pundits and members of Congress have been lying about new government standards for light bulbs for quite a while now. These, they claim, set forth in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, will take away the Founders' guarantee that Americans will forever have the freedom to light their houses with incandescent bulbs.

House Republicans, including Rep. Michele Bachmann, who introduced her own light-bulb freedom act, made a big deal all year of squelching the standards. Last week, they got their wish with a rider attached to the omnibus spending bill. Consequently, until Sept. 30, the end of the 2012 fiscal year, the new standards that were supposed to take effect in January can't be enforced.


You know who isn't happy about it? The light-bulb industry:


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http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm? ... 83611024F1

dear god, we are officially a 3rd world country now

and, speaking of which (that really isnt a very straight line from this story to my conclusion but it gives me an excuse to say this: "if we were any other country, the UN would be monitoring our elections, as election fraud from the owners of the electronic machines is obvious")

Highway lighting improvements offer 17% reduction in power consumption with better visibility.

And they are made in the US of A.

And about double the service lifetime - upwards of 50000 hrs compared to as low as 12000 for metal halide lamps.

Meet the Super-Efficient LED Light Bulb the Tea Party Wants You to Hate



This LED bulb gives off warm, incandescent-like light, lasts 30 years, and is super-efficient (10-watt instead of 60-watt). Parts will be manufactured in America, it will create American jobs, and will save Americans money. America!


But the right is bashing it. Why?


http://www.treehugger.com/energy-effici ... -hate.html