Global warming?

[Coign]

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

What damage to the economy? The long term damage to the economy will be a result of the US falling behind China, India etc in developing clean energy technologies.

50 billion dollars spent in America is damage to the economy.

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

What rights have been damaged? The right to keep using incandescent light bulbs after 2014? The long term damage, at least to some degree, is the adverse health impacts for many as a result of the increasing levels of anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

So instead of a 100 watt incandescent bulb you prefer the mercury in florescent bulbs?

And the pusher for this law was/is GE. Because I am sure they are only thinking about energy conservation and not the money they will reap by forcing you to buy their product.

And on that train of thought, it is unconstitutional for our government to tell us what we can or cannot buy if the item is "legal". (This brings up thoughts of healthcare but I will not get into that here.)

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

What damage to the social structure?

To answer this, see above. Out government should NOT be spending money on faulty science forcing me to buy products that they have investments in, and fining and imprisoning those who do not follow their laws. If you can declare "light bulbs" illegal, were does it stop? Let me repeat that, DECLARING PERFECTLY SAFE LIGHT BULBS ILLEGAL, that is a destruction of rights.

Why do people not see this? Wake up. You give the government more power over your life each time you say, "well they are just light bulbs, that isn't so bad." Next it will be gas, then traveling itself, maybe they should determine how much power our house can draw. I'm sorry, you can't have that extra TV because that will take you over your allotted power usage for your home.

THIS IS BULLSHIT AND NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!!!!

Do not give them a hair more power. We must fight them and their control over what we choose to buy, consume, or live our life.

Here are some quick links you really need to at least open and read the headlines.

http://climategate.tv/

http://wattsupwiththat.com/

http://infowars.net/articles/august2...807Warming.htm

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...290607ipcc.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Survey%2BLe...rticle8641.htm

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Coign

Why do people not see this? Wake up. You give the government more power over your life each time you say, "well they are just light bulbs, that isn't so bad." Next it will be gas, then traveling itself, maybe they should determine how much power our house can draw. I'm sorry, you can't have that extra TV because that will take you over your allotted power usage for your home.

Sorry. I must have been unconscious for a bit after falling down that slippery slope.

[Coign]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Sorry. I must have been unconscious for a bit after falling down that slippery slope.

You don't think this is happening? Requirement for fuel efficient cars? TSA? Wall Street bailouts? Pushing for a welfare state? Warrantless search and seizure? Warrantless wire taps? Warrantless entry into homes? Entering your home for absolutly NO REASON WHAT SO EVER?

This is happening RIGHT NOW. This is not a slope, this is here right now and getting worse every year. I am afraid of the slippery fall off the cliff.

http://www.truthout.org/indiana-supr...hts/1305811094

http://www.infowars.com/financial-te...ights-hostage/

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/nsa.../legality.html

http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/regulations.htm