tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4132652114854570447..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Light Bulb Socialism and a Call for Civil DisobedienceRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51711111460082677792013-12-28T21:38:20.320-05:002013-12-28T21:38:20.320-05:00so true. im pissed i didn't buy more from ukra...so true. im pissed i didn't buy more from ukraine earlier this yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27817066574105396572009-08-29T00:58:53.043-04:002009-08-29T00:58:53.043-04:00I found it very hard to change all my lighting to ...I found it very hard to change all my lighting to energy saving, until I was passed the details of an <a href="http://www.lyco.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">energy saving light</a> company.darcylarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068428613508714394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60271904914276484792009-07-30T17:53:09.062-04:002009-07-30T17:53:09.062-04:00In Australia, "light bulb socialism" mai...In Australia, "light bulb socialism" mainly consists of power utilities giving away "free" (i.e. taxpayer funded / utility bill payer funded) 'low energy' bulbs.<br /><br />The trouble is, the bulb quality is crap. And despite their suppliers' and agencies claims, at least as far as my personal experience has been, their lifespan is very low with a high early earth that washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635503399458271477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33538712434202507132009-07-30T08:14:59.165-04:002009-07-30T08:14:59.165-04:00The kind of man who wants the government to adopt ...The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. H.L. MenckenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62416716120865401842009-07-30T08:12:34.684-04:002009-07-30T08:12:34.684-04:00New business opportunity for travellers to Ukraine...New business opportunity for travellers to Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia: smuggling light-bulbs back to the EU. <br /><br />Ha ha ha ha ha ha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35809797224955536392009-07-30T07:41:26.093-04:002009-07-30T07:41:26.093-04:00Hardly surprising about the German (and other Euro...Hardly surprising about the German (and other European) hoarding...<br /><br />Europeans and Americans choose to buy ordinary light bulbs around 9 times out of 10.<br />Banning <b>what people want</b> gives the supposed savings - no point in banning an impopular product!<br /><br />If new LED lights -or improved CFLs- <b>are good</b>,<br />people will buy them - no need to ban ordinary light Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46570562400702345962009-07-30T07:18:33.375-04:002009-07-30T07:18:33.375-04:00Another example of an idea that is so logical, so ...Another example of an idea that is so logical, so good, that we have to pass a law and put the full power of the state behind it in order to make everybody do it.geoihnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44255427924827116142009-07-30T02:06:04.675-04:002009-07-30T02:06:04.675-04:00In the face of such stockpiling by what can only b...In the face of such stockpiling by what can only be described as "Eco-Terrorists-cum-criminals", I guess the next move will be forced entry of private residences by State armed militia with the intention of uncovering all traditional light bulbs still in use after the start of sales ban.<br /><br />Seems reasonable to me ....not an economisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679610738502901666noreply@blogger.com