More nanny government
You just can't make this up. An legislator in California now wants to make incandescent light bulbs illegal!
"A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
The "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" would ban incandescent lightbulbs by 2012 in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs."
It should probably be more accurately called the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Strip You of Your Property Rights Act".
How are they going to enforce this law? Are they going to station police at the state line to search every car that comes into the state to make sure that they are not carrying incandescent bulbs? Are they going to search your garbage to see if they can find evidence of incandescent bulb usage? Are they going to demand that all homes (new and existing) have outlets that will only work with fluoroescent bulbs? Are they going to pay homeowners for these retrofits or will it be one more unfunded government mandate.
Don't get me wrong. I use compact fluoroescent lights (CFLs) in every light fixtures in my house that will hold them. The light produced by CFLs is brighter and cleaner, CFLs last much longer and they cost less to operate. However, this is insane.
This is the frustrating thing about most legislators. They love to propose (and pass) this kind of "feel good" legislation with no idea how to implement the changes or how it will impact their constituents. They just know that it felt good to "do something" about a problem - even if doing something makes the problem bigger.
"A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
The "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" would ban incandescent lightbulbs by 2012 in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs."
It should probably be more accurately called the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Strip You of Your Property Rights Act".
How are they going to enforce this law? Are they going to station police at the state line to search every car that comes into the state to make sure that they are not carrying incandescent bulbs? Are they going to search your garbage to see if they can find evidence of incandescent bulb usage? Are they going to demand that all homes (new and existing) have outlets that will only work with fluoroescent bulbs? Are they going to pay homeowners for these retrofits or will it be one more unfunded government mandate.
Don't get me wrong. I use compact fluoroescent lights (CFLs) in every light fixtures in my house that will hold them. The light produced by CFLs is brighter and cleaner, CFLs last much longer and they cost less to operate. However, this is insane.
This is the frustrating thing about most legislators. They love to propose (and pass) this kind of "feel good" legislation with no idea how to implement the changes or how it will impact their constituents. They just know that it felt good to "do something" about a problem - even if doing something makes the problem bigger.
Labels: Nanny Government
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