Here here! Right on Randy!
We can save lots of power using andrew's logic by turning off the
juice in DC and surrounding areas, except from noon to 1 PM daily.
On 07/07/2011 3:59 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Same as seat belt and helmet laws - they are designed to promote the public
welfare and save public costs at a small cost in personal freedom (the right
to act recklessly?). Who pays for the hospital bills of brain-damaged
unhelmeted motorcyclists without insurance? We all do, whether you realize
it or not.
Similarly, the cumulative savings in energy efficiency from a national
perspective are worth the cost and inconvenience - as determined by your/our
democratically elected representatives - of phasing out incandescent bulbs
for more efficient lighting.
Now come on Andrew - why not just mandate that all lights have to be
turned off by 9 PM if all you want to do is save electrical power?
Or we could ban bulbs bigger than 40 watts?
Or how about we turn off all of the power after 9PM? We could freeze
in the dark but think of the power saved!
I don't buy into the nonsense about CFL bulbs.
Some goofball persuaded the government that it was a good idea to
promote them but it makes no sense to me at all.
Randy
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