GOP Lawmakers Target Efficient Light Bulb Mandate

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Enzi has a dim view of a federal law requiring light bulbs to be more efficient.

The Wyoming Republican is pushing a bill to repeal the 2007 law and give consumers the choice to buy any light bulbs they want.

"Government doesn't need to be in the business of telling people what light bulb they have to use," Enzi said. "If left alone, the best bulb will win its rightful standing in the marketplace."

Twenty-seven senators – all Republicans – support the bill, but many Democrats and consumer groups say the plan is not so bright. They call it a step backward and compare it to trading in a fuel-efficient hybrid car for a gas-guzzling SUV.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/gop-republican-light-bulb-mandate_n_834294.html

[bluestateguy]

1. You mean George W. Bush's commie lib socialist tree hugger light bulb bill?

That one?

[Historic NY]

2. what a bunch of Neanderthals just when LEDS are getting cheaper...

I have two, broke one of the compact florescent bulbs that my utility company gave when they did energy audits in the early 80's they are still going strong.

[PA Democrat]

3. And next they plan to target those pesky sewage treatment plants.

[moondust]

4. Pigs.

Doncha know that if you can afford to drive a gas-guzzling SUV that gets 5 mpg then you should have the right to do so no matter how it affects anybody else. Same with light bulbs and everything else. Money is the Republican God.

[old mark]

5. God hates twisty light bulbs....or some shit...

How stupid do they have to get?


mark

[Old and In the Way]

6. Conservatives hate conservation, because progressives promote it.

Republicans are very liberal about the efficacy of inefficiency. They are walking, breathing contradictions.