And make them in countries where the labor is cheap There are incandescent bulb factories in the United States. there are few, if any, compact fluorescent factories in the United States.
________________________________ From: Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [OT] How Foolish of Me Late into the thread, wasn't reading it. So excuse me if I am misunderstanding. Down here they have also recently banned incandescent bulbs. I am usually skeptical and don't believe in coincidence (what are the chances that USA and Argentina legislate on this subject in synchrony?), so I'd say it is some kind of move generated by the bulb making companies. Obviously in order to make more money at our expense. After all in the 1930's they came to an agreement to *reduce* the mean life of light bulbs from 2500 to 1500 hours, and they actively investigated different alloys in order to do this. So why should we be surprised that they are lobbying world wide in order to eliminate the use of light bulbs for their own reasons (yeah, I know, typical conspiracy theory). On 10/07/2011 05:26 p.m., Carl Lindner wrote: > Forget the CO2 - my concern was that Chu said "we are taking away a choice > that continues to let people waste their own money". Who made these people > God? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:24 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] How Foolish of Me > > Most lights are turned on at night when there is an abundance of power, so > most CF bulbs don't save an ounce of CO2. > > > ________________________________ > From: Pete Theisen<[email protected]> > To: ProFox Email List<[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 4:56 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] How Foolish of Me > > Carl Lindner wrote: >> Earlier today I posted that I did not understand the purpose of the >> departments of Education or Energy. >> >> >> >> En-light- enment came a little while ago on page 2 of the weekend WSJ. > All >> about the banishment of incandescent bulbs. Our energy Secretary Stephen >> Chu said "We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste >> their own money." >> >> >> >> Ok sport, I have used the curly fluorescent bulbs for years and they work >> very well. Hell, Duke Energy gives them away. But, at my desk I need > real >> light and run 4 - 100 watt clear bulbs. I like light and prefer them. > Who >> TF is Chu to tell me what I like or not? >> >> >> >> Now that I think about it, what happened to those 500w halogen bulbs? >> >> >> >> Anyway, WSJ thanks for informing me about MY need for the Department of >> Energy. > Hi Carl, > > As an early adopter of the curlys I find that they cost a lot and do not > last as long as incandescent bulbs. How do you say "Lying crooks?" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
