Congress slowing phaseout of incandescent light bulb

[thedeparted]

Congress' bill may slow switch to efficient light bulbs

You'd have to be a real dunce to be opposed to this, I dont see how this has anything on your individual liberty's thats a real strawman. Getting rid of the old and getting new ones not only helps our environment but saves people money. what the problem is?

[LiNuX]

This is why the planet will be inhabitable in a 100 years.

[paecmaker]

Why would such a thing being stalled, the new lights are so much better, they last longer, needs lesser energy and so on. The only problem is that a few of the new lights are poisonous for the enviroment if they break and is not handled correctly.

[thedeparted]

It's really sad that there are people out that are fine with this much jeopardy of the planet. I think i read a stat that said if we all went energy effient light bulbs that'd be like taking 600k cars off the road. And its really not even a big deal tbh, it's not like saying dont use lights. It's saying just use this kind because it's better for earth and you even get some extra money

[CraeSC111]

They should change to LED lightbulbs. Those are the most efficient so far. Bit I do agree that this is pretty stupid. Even if I had a choice I'd choose flourescent.

[qprider]

lightbulbs? we're gamers! ... except for monitors, ain't no lights on around here anyway!

[Exodyus]

lightbulbs? we're gamers! ... except for monitors, ain't no lights on around here anyway!

HAhahaHha. QfT. Lmfao.

Honestly, the entire government and everything in a whole needs a serious revamp, because we're not living in the 1900s anymore. Our road systems are out of date by 60 years. Our laws and policies are ridiculous, at worst. And we're arguing about light bulbs instead of curing cancer.

Stop the world. I wanna get off.

[EpsilonX]

I see this as simply making it a more natural shift to the better lightbulbs.

[Samus-Fan]

Problem is, why should the government interfere with what lightbulbs I use?
...Isn't there something more important going on?

Most (And I mean most) CFLs can't dim. That's a really big problem is someones house like ours where every light switch is a dimmer.
(Technically) Hazmat is supposed to be called to clean up a broken CFL bulb because of the Tungsten (Correct if wrong, I'm pretty sure it's W though) gas inside the bulb.
CFLs prices are also out of the roof.

LED bulbs are expensive, and while they dim, they have a very strange glow to them. They are more of a direct light instead of a room-filling light as well.

[Kink3bird]

Its the same reason why we won't switch to renewable energy, get bullet trains, and legalize drugs.. because the government makes too much money off the bans and red tape set up..