« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2024, 07:14:22 pm »
So I guess "Lightbulb" Fred Upton's destruction of the incandescent light bulb industry and forced adoption of CFLs wasn't enough for the Biden regime?
Flashback:
Upton to revisit light bulb banhttps://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/upton-to-revisit-light-bulb-ban-045360Hoping to counter attacks from his right, Rep. Fred Upton is promising to reexamine a controversial ban on incandescent light bulbs if he becomes chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Michigan Republican told POLITICO on Thursday that he’s not afraid to go back after an issue he once supported but that has come under withering assault on the conservative airwaves, including on Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck’s talk shows.
“If I become chairman, we’ll be reexamining the light bulb issue, no problem,” Upton said.
Upton’s bid to be the next Energy and Commerce Committee leader has been rocked by allegations that he’s too moderate for the post.
Beck called him “all socialist” for cosponsoring legislation phasing out incandescent light bulbs that made it into a 2007 energy law signed by President George W. Bush.
General Electric plans to close bulb-assembly factoryhttps://archive.triblive.com/news/general-electric-plans-to-close-bulb-assembly-factory/General Electric Co., founded by inventor Thomas Edison, plans to close its last U.S. factory that makes common household incandescent light bulbs as demand rises for more energy-efficient lighting.
GE intends to close the bulb-assembly factory that employs 203 people in Winchester, Va., by July 2010, as well as a related glass factory with 125 employees in Lexington, Ky., the company said in a statement. A 109-worker plant in Niles, Ohio, that makes glass for spotlights also is slated to close.
A plant in Bridgeville that makes glass products for incandescent and fluorescent lighting products won't be affected by the cutbacks, said GE spokeswoman Janice Fraser.
The Winchester factory is GE's last in the country to make common household bulbs, GE spokeswoman Deborah Wexler said in an interview. Workers will have 60 days to try to come up with cost savings that may save the plants. Fairfield, Conn.-based GE will keep making common bulbs outside the United States, she said.
"The market for incandescent light bulbs has declined by 50 percent in the past five years," Wexler said. "Consumers have moved towards energy efficient light bulbs, and with governments around the world setting lighting efficiency standards, these will be legislated out of existence."
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