Top Headline Comments 12-16-11

Friday!

Looks like Congress tucked a temporary (read election year) reprieve of the light bulb ban into the budget bill. Of course that does nothing to restore the jobs lost, because nearly* all the manufacturing has already moved overseas.

There's not a whole lot the government can do to create jobs, but there's a hell of a lot it can do to destroy them.

* OK, my bad. There's a small plant in S.C. that employed 15 workers making them as late as last March. Down from 50. That's -35 jobs saved! in Obamamath.

An incandescent bulb may burn for 750 to 2,500 hours, while a compact fluorescent can last up to 10,000 hours, according to the Energy Department. (emphasis added)

Can last up to 10,000 hours. Can. But in practice they don't really last appreciably longer than the incandescents now, do they? Certainly not enough to justify the much higher price, even when factoring in the decreased energy use. Keep on spinning, DOE.

posted by Andy at 06:55 AM

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