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In response to "Turns out you can meet 2012 efficiency standard for lighting while still using incandescent bulbs. -- (link)" by znufrii

It's all a stopgap for LED bulbs. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jul 6 '09, 08:20

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could be, but proves that all the hysteria about efficiency standards taking away your right to choose your lightbulb was just that. - znufrii Jul 6, 08:22 13
- "your right to choose your lightbulb'? really, people were upset by this? -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 08:23 12
  - yes, I feel my lightbulb choosing rights have been violated and that it is the first step on a slippery slope - decline Jul 6, 08:28
  - well, iirc, Michelle Bachmann was, at least, and others of that ilk. - znufrii Jul 6, 08:25
  - There was a pretty strong misinformation campaign out there about them. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 08:24 8
    - oh, i can see being upset by misinformation, but i'm not sure we have the 'right to choose' our lightbulbs. - Andie Jul 6, 08:25 7
      - I demand the right to choose antiquated and inefficient technology. carbon filament or nothing, baby. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 08:28
      - well at some point they won't be manufactured. - Reagen Jul 6, 08:28 1
        
        phased out between 2012 and 2014, iirc. -- nm - znufrii Jul 6, 08:28
      - they apparently think the government has no place telling companies what they can and cannot manufacture. -- nm - znufrii Jul 6, 08:27 3
        
        "i am going to make a machine that makes cancer causing smoke. that's all it does. try to stop me!" -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 08:32 2
        
        It's not the nicotine that kills, it's the smooOoooke. -- (link) - Subversive Jul 6, 08:38 [youtube]
        
        *lines up around the corner to buy one* -- nm - The American Public Jul 6, 08:33
  - people really were. some here even. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 08:24
i find LED *too* bright. (what are the new really blue-white light headlights? they are TOO bright too!) -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 08:21 2
- those are halogens. - Reagen Jul 6, 08:23 1
  - right, halogens. (hate those.) -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 08:24

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