Comments on: UnBan the Bulb http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:50:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: William Wallace http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/comment-page-1/#comment-83065 William Wallace Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:20:13 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/#comment-83065 Nice article, nice take. Of course I agree. I also blogged on this today: <a href="http://blog.coincidencetheories.com/?p=165" rel="nofollow">I’m pro-choice (H.R. 5616)</a> Nice article, nice take. Of course I agree.

I also blogged on this today:

I’m pro-choice (H.R. 5616)

]]> By: Evan http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/comment-page-1/#comment-82297 Evan Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:05:46 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/#comment-82297 They did not "think they could help us." They were lobbied to create demand for a product that had no demand. We talk about energy savings without considering the amount of energy people use dealing with inconveniences. Such inconveniences include 1. Poor quality of light. 2. Method of disposal 3. Extra precautions required (risk management) Those costs are impossible for anyone but the consumer to quantify since every consumer experiences different risks. We are headed to hell, and it is not "paved by good intentions". We are forced to buy products we don't want. So the money we make is taken from us, what is left is mandated towards whoever bribes congressmen the best, and we will never have solidarity against these things until after the fact. And you know what? Now that everyone finds out that these bulbs are dangerous everyone is going to go back out and buy the good old incandescent light-bulb. This could not have worked out more elegantly for those who make light bulbs and the congressmen they bribe. They did not “think they could help us.” They were lobbied to create demand for a product that had no demand. We talk about energy savings without considering the amount of energy people use dealing with inconveniences.

Such inconveniences include
1. Poor quality of light.
2. Method of disposal
3. Extra precautions required (risk management)

Those costs are impossible for anyone but the consumer to quantify since every consumer experiences different risks.

We are headed to hell, and it is not “paved by good intentions”. We are forced to buy products we don’t want. So the money we make is taken from us, what is left is mandated towards whoever bribes congressmen the best, and we will never have solidarity against these things until after the fact. And you know what?

Now that everyone finds out that these bulbs are dangerous everyone is going to go back out and buy the good old incandescent light-bulb.

This could not have worked out more elegantly for those who make light bulbs and the congressmen they bribe.

]]> By: Tony Iovino http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/comment-page-1/#comment-81870 Tony Iovino Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:13:09 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/#comment-81870 Um, hey guys, nobody told me I was trading in my admittedly energy-wasting bulb for something that has more disposal instructions than a nuclear reactor. I should have known something was up when Walmart started pushing them-- they're probably made with the toxins left over after the Chinese finish making our kids' toys. Um, hey guys, nobody told me I was trading in my admittedly energy-wasting bulb for something that has more disposal instructions than a nuclear reactor.

I should have known something was up when Walmart started pushing them– they’re probably made with the toxins left over after the Chinese finish making our kids’ toys.

]]> By: Mister Prickly http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/comment-page-1/#comment-81731 Mister Prickly Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:45:26 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/03/20/unban-the-bulb/#comment-81731 I propose a Take-A-CFL-To-Congress Day. people can take CFL's to Congress, then drop them on the floor. I propose a Take-A-CFL-To-Congress Day. people can take CFL’s to Congress, then drop them on the floor.

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