tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post748626425180059316..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Free Our LightGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-32222199459290465732011-02-18T06:31:04.459-06:002011-02-18T06:31:04.459-06:00Setting aside the scientific questions about wheth...Setting aside the scientific questions about whether there is global warming and, if so, whether human activity is causing it, the government <a href="http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government.html" rel="nofollow">shouldn't be concerned with CO2 emissions</a>, anyway.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-54803940720026045552011-02-17T13:28:18.090-06:002011-02-17T13:28:18.090-06:00Gus
RE By what right should any aspect of how Am...Gus<br /><br />RE By what right should any aspect of how Americans produce and consume the energy we need to live our lives be dictated by Washington?<br /><br />Exactly...<br /><br />Take Light Bulbs<br /><br />All lights have their advantages, and even if there are energy savings,<br />citizens pay for the electricity they use:<br />There is no energy shortage, including of future low emission electricity,<br />that justifies a limitation on what citizens can use.<br />Even if if there was a shortage of the finite<br />coal/oil/gas sources, then their price rise limits their use anyway - without legislation.<br /><br />Moreover: light bulbs don't give out any CO2 gas - power plants might.<br /><br />If there is an energy supply/emissions problem - deal with the problem!<br /><br />Why supposed energy savings are not there anyway:<br /><a href="http://ceolas.net/#li171x" rel="nofollow">http://ceolas.net/#li171x</a><br />with US Dept of Energy references = Under 1% overall energy savings<br />from energy efficiency regulations on incandescent lights.Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.com