Notice also the recent AP and WP "Fact Check" on Light bulb ban =
“Moreover, we don’t see how higher efficiency standards translates into a “ban,” especially when light manufacturers have embraced the new standards.”
1. Well, why did manufacturers welcome being told what they can or can’t make and sell? Would you or I welcome being told what we can make? If so, why? ;-)
The profit motive in their involvement is covered on http://ceolas.net/#li12ax, with multiple references, including 2011 US book “I Light Bulb” by MP Leahy and Howard Brandston, the latter directly involved with the NEMA negotiators in the 2007 ban and explaining what happened.
2. It is a “ban”, not just because not allowing products that don’t meet certain standards obviously bans them, but also effectively on incandescent technology Phase 2 of EISA which follows after 2014 has 45 lumen per W as end regulation, which no known incandescent can reach including touted 2012 halogen replacements (typically 20-22 lumen per W).
A 13 point summary of the arguments used to justify light bulb regulations, and referenced reasons linked to official data why they don’t hold up: The Deception behind banning Light Bulbs Freedom Light Bulb blog
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:-) well that's one way of putting it...
Notice also the recent AP and WP "Fact Check" on Light bulb ban =
“Moreover, we don’t see how higher efficiency standards translates into a “ban,” especially when light manufacturers have embraced the new standards.”
1. Well, why did manufacturers welcome being told what they can or can’t make and sell?
Would you or I welcome being told what we can make?
If so, why? ;-)
The profit motive in their involvement is covered on http://ceolas.net/#li12ax,
with multiple references, including 2011 US book “I Light Bulb” by MP Leahy and Howard Brandston, the latter directly involved with the NEMA negotiators in the 2007 ban and explaining what happened.
2. It is a “ban”,
not just because not allowing products that don’t meet certain standards obviously bans them, but also effectively on incandescent technology
Phase 2 of EISA which follows after 2014 has 45 lumen per W as end regulation, which no known incandescent can reach including touted 2012 halogen replacements (typically 20-22 lumen per W).
A 13 point summary of the arguments used to justify light bulb regulations, and referenced reasons linked to official data why they don’t hold up:
The Deception behind banning Light Bulbs
Freedom Light Bulb blog
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