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Here's the text of the message I sent today to Rep. Ander Crenshaw to save the right of American consumers to choose the incandescent lightbulb to light their homes. You can send yours via the easy to use link at http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=51211291#action.
Dear Rep. Crenshaw:
I urge you to vote YES on H.R. 2417, the Better Use of Light Bulbs (BULB) Act because:
1. CFL's are too expensive and new studies show they do not last as long as the government and manufacturers claim.
2. Few people know or will bother to follow the EPA's instructions on how to safely dispose of CFLs or handle and clean up broken CFLs, which contain mercury. The result will be more dangerous mercury in our
environment.
3. Scientific medical studies have linked CFLs to migraines, seizures, cancers and cataracts to vulnerable populations.
4. Americans should have the freedom to choose the products they desire. The most the government should do is provide consumer information so they can make informed decisions and assure the safety of products.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my concerns.
Respectfully yours,
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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2 comments:
Consumer CHOICE is not being taken away.
A CFL bulb cannot contain more than 5mg of mercury, most contain considerably less. A power plant providing electricity to a traditional incandescent bulb will emit around 10mg of mercury into the air during the life of the bulb.
Incandescent bulbs will NOT be banned if H.R. 2417 does not pass. New incandescent bulbs look, light, and turn on exactly like the bulbs we have been using for decades, but are 28 to 33 percent more energy efficient and are available in stores now.
This bill is waste of time and taxpayer dollars
Not thinking too hard about it, are you?
Why should diehard incandescent bulb users condemn every ratepayer to building and paying for more and more multiBillion dollar electrical plants when we don't have to?
If only one 100W incandescent bulb is replaced in every American household with an energy efficient CFL, the nation would not have to build the next 30 electrical generation plants. Now multiply that energy savings across every bulb in every household!
Besides, you'd have to be a pretty dim-bulb yourself to think runing the AC to cool the house and then RECOOLING the air heated by an incandescent bulb is a good idea.
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