Friday stuff

LED Vs. CFLs
I ran across this on the Daily Caller web site this morning.


Yesterday, Republican Reps. Joe Barton of Texas, Michael Burgess of Texas, and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee introduced the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, otherwise known as the BULB Act.


The BULB Act repeals a section of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that called for more energy efficient light bulbs. That provision set in motion the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs, the bulbs most commonly found in your local hardware store, by 2012.

I was at the Ft. Wayne building trades show on Wednesday and ran across lighting booth that dealt with LED lamps. The lamps were made by Phillips. Here’s the deal. If we have honest brokers in D.C.(Stop that laughing right now!), the CFL will never see the, uh pardon the pun, light of day.

Here’s why. LED lighting is every bit as energy efficient as CFL. They last as long. They produce less heat. They are dimmable and they are more easily disposed of than CFLs because they contain no mercury.

Also, white light is relatively new to the LED industry. As a result, while CFLs have matured as a technology and improvements are only being made on the margins, LEDs will improve by leaps and bounds. The greatest limit on the LED right now is the cost. But once Phillips reaches the magic 60 watt barrier, sales will explode the cost will come down it should be light out for CFLs.

The wild card in this scenario is that GE is the sole producer of CFLs. GE subsidiary PMS-NBC is also P-BO’s #1 butt boy. There is a lot of money at stake here for the companies and the pols. Watch for some sort of congressional mandte on CFLs. Oh, we already have one. Right. Well then look for another.

Who’s out of the Mainstream?
Squiggy Gibbs claimed that Christine O’Donnell was “out of the mainstream.” OK well let’s see who’s out of the mainstream:

Is “mainstream” America for or against a moderate Islamo extortionist building the GZM?

Is “mainstream” America for against P-BOcare?

Is “mainstream” America for or against the first P-BO stimulus/bailout?

Is “mainstream” America for or against a new P-BO stimulus/bailout?

Is “mainstream” America for or against securing our borders?

Is “mainstream” America for or against raising taxes?

On everyone of these issues Squiggy, it’s you who are out of the “mainstream.”

It’s Constitution Day
One up your elected official. Go here http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html and take the 20 minutes to actually read the basic document. It’s about 12 type written pages.