GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Yet another absurd diktat to save Mother Earth!

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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Incandescent Bulb Ban

A Department of Energy rule requiring new lightbulbs to have a minimum brightness of 45 lumens went into effect in the United States yesterday, effectively banning incandescent lightbulbs. The ban does not affect currently owned lightbulbs and excludes several specialty bulbs used in refrigerators, plant lights, and others (see full list).

The ban is part of a decadelong federal push to increase energy efficiency across major consumer sectors like cars and appliances. Incandescent bulbs, though cheaper upfront than light-emitting diodes, are likely to burn out 30 times faster and are more costly than LEDs in the long term (see comparison). Recent consumer surveys suggest over half of US households already partly or entirely use LEDs as general-use lightbulbs, whose longer life span has likely contributed to the 40% decline in lightbulb shipments over the last decade.

Some studies have suggested the flickering and coloration of LED lights can trigger migraines and other conditions in people with light sensitivity issues. 

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Is there any aspect of the marketplace that is off-limits to Gooferment interference?

Certainly seems not.

And, what happens when the Unintended Consequences begins to appear like with the Covid Jab?

Argh!

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RENT: Did Joe profit from the save of One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden

Saturday, July 9, 2022

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/07/report-joe-biden-sold-nearly-one-million-barrels-from-u-s-strategic-petroleum-reserve-to-ccp-owned-oil-company-linked-to-hunter-biden-firm/

Report: Joe Biden Sold Nearly One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden Firm
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton 7 Jul 2022 3:25

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President Joe Biden’s administration sold 950,000 barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-owned gas company that has financial ties to a private equity firm cofounded by Hunter Biden, according to a Washington Free Beacon report.

In April, Biden’s Department of Energy announced the nearly one million barrel sale to Unipec, which is the trading arm of Sinopec. Sinopec is wholly owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party.

Unipec reportedly purchases oil across the globe and then apparently sells it through its Sinopec Marketing subsidiary.

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If true, I guess we’ll never hear about this?

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POLITICAL: Energy Department mulit-decade abject failure

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/energydept/

Shut Down the Energy Department

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Finally, the very existence of a Department of Energy sends the wrong message: That the Federal Government should have the authority to control energy production and distribution.

Markets provide a more efficient, less-costly method of producing and distributing the energy needs of producers and consumers. You wouldn’t want The State to ration your food, clothing, or shelter, would you? If not, then why should The State control energy supplies?

Some functions of the Energy Department should be transferred to the Defense Department. The rest should be eliminated altogether. Ending the Department of Energy will send the RIGHT message: Our energy needs are too important to be left up to the whims of political favor and unelected bureaucrats.

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Dear Representative:

Please shut down the Department of Energy. End subsidies and cumbersome regulations. Allow a free market in energy.

Every President since Carter, that I remember, maybe as far back as Ike, promised energy independence. The Energy Department has NEVER accomplished its mission. So let’s stop.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — attributed to Einstein

So, in addition to closing the Department of Energy, permit drilling anywhere and such pipelines as needed,

NOW!

/signed/

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