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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:37 PM Original message |
Republican Dim Bulbs. - Their fight to "save the incandescent light bulb." |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm so disappointed - where's crazy Michele Bachman? She was all over this a year ago! |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. The more electricity that is sold, the more money for a lot of people. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes the big energy tycoons (GOP) at it again trying to keep us in the dark ages |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. But GE is closing the last light bulb plant this month. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. As if the GOP was suddenly concerned about shipping our jobs and industries abroad! |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. The question is where is the investing to build new.......... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some idiot who called the radio station I listen to |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a few fixtures that won't accept CFLs |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'd be willing to bet you can find CFLs to fit. They have really small ones now. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. They make CFLs to fit dimmers |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've stocked up on 60 w incandescents |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hang a tiny 20W incandescent bulb in my pump house in the winter so my water pipes don't freeze |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Sure it would, you'd just get 100 watts worth of illumination in the bargain. In fact, |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Really? Does a 100W CFL get as warm as a 20W incandescent? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. A cfl that is 100W equivalent is sold as a 23W bulb. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Good to know. Thanks. nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Perhaps a better solution. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. You know that when early humans learned to control and make fires |
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j420norcal (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. The incandescent light bulb is as good as dead. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. plants love CFLs so i love them too |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's getting to the point that me walking across the street would be used as |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. I hate to say but my wife is an incandescent bulb lover too |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Did you know that they come in the same color range as incandescents? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So is mine, for health and environmental reasons! |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Lifespan is a problem when you cycle the lights on and off a lot |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I get that problem |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You need to do more research. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. We live in a region where very little (less than 20%) of the electricity comes from coal. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It is always good to work for harmony in the home. |
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