From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Well since a UN panel has just blamed humans for global warming they should
be happy that Bush is President as his goal appears to be eliminating a
plethora of humans in the Middle East ;->

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1838567.htm


 "Mark"  wrote in message
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>I have a CFL bulb in my desk lamp that's on all the time, and my under
>cabinet lights in the kitchen are fluorescent strips. But I tried the CFL
>in the range hood and it made the food look unappetizing and hard to cook
>by sight. Besides that light is only on an hour or so a day anyway. The
>bathroom vanity has 5 60w globe bulbs, but again it's only on tops 1 hour a
>day. crap, it won't be long before we're sending shiploads of cash (or maybe Al
>Gore will fly it over for us) over to the EU to atone for our "carbon
>footprints" CFL or not ...>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:45c23ab8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I've switched from incandescent but Mark Muarry is full of it when he
>> states that "We're not telling consumers what to do, we're ending a
>> technology that's obsolete.".   I wonder if California will have light
>> bulb inspectors and an inspection tax?
>>
>> http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070201/NATION/702010345/
1022/POLITICS
>>
>> The common light bulb may be headed the way of penny candy, dime stores
>> and eight-track rock 'n' roll tapes -- extinct.
>>
>> More than 100 years after Thomas Edison perfected the incandescent light
>> bulb, two California lawmakers are pushing to make California the first
>> state to ban it.
>>
>> Democratic Assemblyman Lloyd Levine said he wants to phase out the
>> incandescent bulb in favor of the more energy-efficient compact
>> fluorescent bulb.
>>
>> "They're cheaper for the consumer, they save the state money
and they're
>> better for the environment," Levine said of the energy-efficient bulbs.
>>
>> Republican State Sen. George Runner, however, said banning incandescent
>> bulbs amounts to lawmakers dictating how people should live their lives.
>>
>> Levine's proposal would ban the sale of incandescent bulbs by 2012.
>> Democratic Assemblyman Jared Huffman's bill would ban the bulbs by 2018.
>>
>> Unlike the bulbous-shaped traditional household light, compact
>> fluorescent models look like squiggly swirls of light.
>>
>> Mark Murray, executive director of Californians Against Waste, said:
>> "We're not telling consumers what to do, we're ending a
technology that's
>> obsolete." His group is sponsoring Huffman's bill.
>>
>>
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