LED lights are pretty awesome, they could replace stuff as a light bulb.

Moving this video to dotdude's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

OMG! This is a * promote as soon as I can.

*eia

Adding video to channels (Eia) - requested by silvercord.

*wtf

Adding video to channels (Wtf) - requested by silvercord.

*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by dw1117.

He's just made himself look like a big dum dum
Everything is made in China! OMG - he's making out that China is dangerous in anything it produces!

Poisoning our Dogs! Killing out children! Lighing up our homes!

LMAO - he think edisons bulb should remain because the new bulb is "UnAmerican"
You have got to be kidding, where do you get these people?!

C-SPAN my favourite comedy channel!

No, he thinks Edison's bulb should remain because CFLs are poisonous. That, and the new law would require all Americans to buy something that is only made in China. Like they don't already get enough of our money.

Apart from the useless "Red Scare" garbage and the insulting constitution thumping, the congressman from Texas raises a good point about Congress passing a law mandating CFLs without providing for recycling plans or an awareness campaign regarding their toxicity. I imagine some of this will sort itself out by 2014 as the issue gains more press, similar to the information "crisis" surrounding the digital television conversion going on today.

Meh, you can buy CFLs made in California:
http://www.lightsofamerica.com/

If the senator really wants to prevent people from mercury poisoning, he should be voting against Coal Plants and incinerators:
http://www.tva.gov/environment/air/ontheair/merc_emis.htm

Granted, I don't think it should be banned, I just think that we should tax incads.

OMFG, what a tool this guy is.

MG, you made his point for him in far better, and far shorter way.

The representative from Texas just sounds like a luddite grandstanding, or a shill for energy companies, trying to make it sound like making an effort to conserve energy is downright dangerous.

Had he been less of a demagogue, he might get people to agree with him on the merit of his argument (which ultimately is a good one), without trying to use *fear.

Adding video to channels (Fear) - requested by NetRunner.

How does this belong in the eia channel?

*dead

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by EndAll.

Dead video replaced.

>> ^NetRunner:
OMFG, what a tool this guy is.
MG, you made his point for him in far better, and far shorter way.
The representative from Texas just sounds like a luddite grandstanding, or a shill for energy companies, trying to make it sound like making an effort to conserve energy is downright dangerous.
Had he been less of a demagogue, he might get people to agree with him on the merit of his argument (which ultimately is a good one), without trying to use fear.


No, he's not trying to make it sound like the conservation of energy is a dangerous thing; rather the lack of infrastructure surrounding the safe disposal and recycling of these lightbulbs, the lack of knowledge surrounding the (valid) dangers of these lightbulbs (broken or unbroken), and the willingness of congress to pass these laws without thorough examination of what the law will implicate.

*nochannel

*politics
*fear
*controversy
*eco
*comedy
*wtf

This video has been removed from all channels (Eia, Wtf, Howto, Politics, Comedy, Fear) due to invalid channel assignment - nochannel invoked by EndAll. Please review the FAQ to learn about appropriate channel assignments.

Adding video to channels (Comedy, Controversy, Eco, Fear, Politics, Wtf) - requested by EndAll.

*dead

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by campionidelmondo.

Dead video replaced.