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Pete C.

wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:01:05 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Bob-tx wrote:
It looks like this guy, obama, is a dictator, not a president.
What does he know about lighting standards?
Is anyone else fed up with the government trying to take care of us
and protect us by not letting us make any of our own decisions?
Bob-tx

White House announces new lighting standards

By LIZ SIDOTI
The Associated Press
Monday, June 29, 2009 4:46 PM

WASHINGTON -- Aiming to keep the focus on climate change legislation,
President Barack Obama put a plug in for administration efforts to
make lamps and lighting equipment use less energy.

[...]

But the article doesn't say what the new standards ARE.

Perhaps the president is merely going to say "Let there be light..."

They are going to make CFLs look more attractive, probably by
outlawing or taxing the hell out of incandescents

I've been using pretty much all CFLs for several years, and they are
fine. The only time you will notice a difference is if you have more
than one type of light source in a single room, so just make sure that
in any given room it's all or nothing. Any yes, they do save a
noticeable amount of power, as well as having a much longer life span
than incandescents.