Consumers and the climate take another hit from the dimbulb, corrupt Trump regime and their industry masters:
The Trump administration Wednesday rolled back yet another Obama-era regulation. This time the Energy Department issued a final and a proposed rule that will prolong the life of certain old-fashioned — and energy-intensive — incandescent lightbulbs invented by Thomas Edison 140 years ago. The bulbs would otherwise have been effectively phased out by Jan. 1.
The rollback will mean $14 billion a year in higher energy costs and add to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the Appliance Standards Awareness Project and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. [snip]
“The Energy Department flat out got it wrong today,” Jason Hartke, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, said in a statement. “Instead of moving us forward, this rule will keep more energy-wasting bulbs on store shelves and saddle the average American household with about $100 in unnecessary energy costs every year.”
It can't be stated often enough, as the Trump regime's onslaught of reactionary and destructive actions continue apace, that the (to borrow a phrase) American carnage must end on November 3, 2020. We''ll have had four years of rot and chaos from which we may never be able to fully recover. Every destructive act must be reversed, every bit of cynical rot must be expunged, every enabler of this suicidal madness must be defeated and salt poured on their political graves.Hartke also said inefficient lightbulbs were also “terrible for our climate.” He said the rule would require the electricity produced by 25 coal power plants “just to power wasteful bulbs.” (our emphasis)
BONUS: Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog identifies light bulb efficiency regulations as an example of long- term resentful thinking by Republicans. Nihilistic snowflakes.
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