Don't even think about making Fred Upton chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In 2007 Upton, together with Jane Harman (D-CA) sponsored a bill to phase out the 100 watt incandescent light bulb by 2012, closing light bulb plants across the nation and forcing us to buy bulbs that are full of mercury, only manufactured in China and cause headaches and eye problems.
Oh hell no.
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I will happily join the "Oh hell no" petition.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to agree. Anyone who was connected with that idiotic nanny state measure is at least a half a bubble off level.
ReplyDeleteI have written about the anti-illumination choice and the demise of the incandescent bulb here:
ReplyDeletehttp://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2010/09/fond-farewell-to-incandescent-light.html
Hell no is dead-on! Proof, you forgot you have to don a HazMat suit to clean-up one of the 'new and improved?' light bulbs should they break.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention that, Christopher. The post I linked to had this line:
ReplyDelete"Maybe the government could issue everyone a Hazmat suit for changing and disposing of old CFLs?"