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That idiot Biden

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Apr 2, 2023, 2:35:07 AM4/2/23
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On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted some
news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:

> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.

The Biden administration is preparing to implement a sweeping nationwide
ban on commonly used light bulbs as part of its energy efficiency and
climate agenda.

The regulations, which prohibit retailers from selling incandescent light
bulbs, were finalized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2022 and
are slated to go into effect on Aug. 1, 2023. The DOE will begin full
enforcement of the ban on that date, but it has already urged retailers to
begin transitioning away from the light bulb type and, in recent months,
begun issuing warning notices to companies.

"The lighting industry is already embracing more energy efficient
products, and this measure will accelerate progress to deliver the best
products to American consumers and build a better and brighter future,"
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said last year.

According to the DOE announcement, the regulations will save consumers an
estimated $3 billion per year on utility bills and cut carbon emissions by
222 million metric tons over the next three decades.

BIDEN ADMIN CRACKS DOWN ON AIR CONDITIONERS AS WAR ON APPLIANCES CONTINUES

Under the rules, incandescent and similar halogen light bulbs will be
prohibited in favor of light-emitting diode, or LED, alternatives. While
U.S. households have increasingly switched to LED light bulbs since 2015,
fewer than half of households reported using mostly or exclusively LEDs,
according to the most recent results from the Residential Energy
Consumption Survey.

Overall, 47% use mostly or only LEDs, 15% use mostly incandescent or
halogens, and 12% use mostly or all compact fluorescent (CFL), with
another 26% reporting no predominant bulb type, the federal data showed.
In December, the DOE introduced separate rules banning CFL bulbs, paving
the way for LEDs to be the only legal light bulbs to purchase.

BIDEN ADMIN'S WAR ON HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES WILL CAUSE HIGHER PRICES,
DIRTIER CLOTHES AND DISHES, EXPERTS WARN

According to the survey data, LEDs are also far more popular in higher-
income households, meaning the energy regulations will particularly impact
lower-income Americans. While 54% of households with an income of more
than $100,000 per year used LEDs, just 39% of households with an income of
$20,000 or less used LEDs.

"We believe that further regulatory interference in the marketplace is
unwarranted given that more energy efficient lighting choices, namely
light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, are already available for those
consumers who prefer them over incandescent bulbs," a coalition of free
market and consumer groups opposed to incandescent bulb bans wrote in a
comment letter to the DOE last year.

"While LEDs are more efficient and generally longer-lasting than
incandescent bulbs, they currently cost more than incandescent bulbs and
are inferior for certain functions such as dimming," the letter continued.
"Consumers are best served by retaining the choice between incandescent
bulbs and LEDs rather than regulating incandescent bulbs off the market."

The groups added that estimates of the climate benefits of energy
efficiency rules are "speculative, assumption-driven, and prone to bias in
the hands of agencies with a regulatory agenda."

The DOE's rule in April 2022, meanwhile, reversed a Trump administration
rule that sought to protect incandescent light bulbs and allow consumers
to choose which products they want to purchase. Former President Donald
Trump was also personally opposed to LED light bulb adoption, remarking in
2019 that they are often more expensive, not good and make him "look
orange."

Environmental groups that opposed the Trump administration's actions, have
cheered the Biden administration for cracking down on incandescent light
bulbs.

"We are long overdue to phase out inefficient old-fashioned light bulbs as
this progress was illegally delayed by the Trump administration for more
than two years. LED bulbs, which will replace the old incandescents, use
one-sixth the amount of energy to deliver the same amount of light and
last at least 10 times longer," said Joe Vukovich, an energy efficiency
advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Over the last several months, the DOE has introduced a series of energy
efficiency regulations impacting various home appliances including gas
stoves, ovens, clothes washers, refrigerators and air conditioners.
Critics have blasted the rules as federal overreach and unnecessary given
that the industry has improved technology without government intervention.

On his first day in office in January 2021, President Biden signed an
executive order requiring the DOE to make "major revisions" to current
appliance regulation standards and standards set by the Trump
administration. A month later, the agency began moving forward on more
than a dozen energy efficiency rules, impacting a wide range of
appliances.

<https://news.yahoo.com/biden-admin-moving-forward-light-165445494.html>

Helmut Achterberg

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Apr 2, 2023, 12:52:48 PM4/2/23
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In future versions of Wikipedia, dictionaries and other reference books if you try to look up "how
To Destroy A Country" it will say: "See Joe Biden".


--
Helmut
"If you don't like Linux, you might tick incorrectly"

Klaus Schadenfreude

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Apr 2, 2023, 12:54:50 PM4/2/23
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:52:46 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:

>On 2023-04-02, That idiot Biden <bi...@idiots.com> wrote:
>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted some
>> news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:
>>
>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.

What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?

Helmut Achterberg

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Apr 2, 2023, 1:06:56 PM4/2/23
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Very few people. Light bulbs are a minor issue.
It's all the other stuff Biden has done to destroy the country.

John Baker

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Apr 2, 2023, 5:13:24 PM4/2/23
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:06:54 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:

>On 2023-04-02, Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen> wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:52:46 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
>> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2023-04-02, That idiot Biden <bi...@idiots.com> wrote:
>>>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted some
>>>> news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:
>>>>
>>>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.
>>
>> What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?
>
>Very few people. Light bulbs are a minor issue.
>It's all the other stuff Biden has done to destroy the country.

Like fixing the things Trump broke, you mean?

Moron.







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Gilford

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Apr 2, 2023, 5:31:02 PM4/2/23
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On 02 Apr 2023, John Baker <nu...@bizniz.net> posted some
news:kurj2i97lq40fjs1o...@4ax.com:

> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:06:54 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-04-02, Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:52:46 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
>>> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2023-04-02, That idiot Biden <bi...@idiots.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted
some
>>>>> news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.
>>>
>>> What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?
>>
>>Very few people. Light bulbs are a minor issue.
>>It's all the other stuff Biden has done to destroy the country.
>
> Like fixing the things Trump broke, you mean?

Waiting for the list of things he broke.

> Moron.

Yes you're a moron.

Helmut Achterberg

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Apr 2, 2023, 6:47:32 PM4/2/23
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On 2023-04-02, John Baker <nu...@bizniz.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:06:54 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-04-02, Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:52:46 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
>>> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2023-04-02, That idiot Biden <bi...@idiots.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted some
>>>>> news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.
>>>
>>> What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?
>>
>>Very few people. Light bulbs are a minor issue.
>>It's all the other stuff Biden has done to destroy the country.
>
> Like fixing the things Trump broke, you mean?

You mean like these?

<https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/>


> Moron.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Skeeter

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Apr 3, 2023, 10:01:48 AM4/3/23
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In article <kurj2i97lq40fjs1o...@4ax.com>,
nu...@bizniz.net says...
Name them. Bet you can't.

Skeeter

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Apr 3, 2023, 10:02:38 AM4/3/23
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In article <5CnWL.1997083$9sn9....@fx17.iad>, "Helmut
Achterberg"@localonly.com says...
So you have nothing and have to post biased crap.

max headroom

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Apr 3, 2023, 10:24:49 AM4/3/23
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In news:jocj2ilve8tolel48...@Schadenfreude.com, Klaus
Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen.@gmail.com> typed:

>>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted some
>>> news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:

>>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.

> What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?

The ones who buy them in 4 packs for $1.00.


Scout

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Apr 3, 2023, 11:40:43 AM4/3/23
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"Klaus Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen.@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:jocj2ilve8tolel48...@Schadenfreude.com...
Lots of people who living in the country.

Heat lamps are in common use to help newborns in unheated buildings.
A small 40 watt light bulb will keep your above ground well pump from
freezing
Exposed outdoor lights do better with incandescent lights since the heat
melts the ice and snow build up quickly to provide better illumination
sooner.
Lots of reasons why you might want heat from your light bulb....
Oh.. and they are often FAR cheaper for a light you're only going to use
rarely.


Scout

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Apr 3, 2023, 1:12:23 PM4/3/23
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"max headroom" <maximus...@gmx.com> wrote in message
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Yep, if you have a location which needs a light that you're only going to
rarely use..... it's cheaper to use an incandescent. They also handle heat,
cold, and high humidity better than any alternative as well.
Plus sometimes you just need a small cheap source of heat.
such as a small 25-40w bulb in a pump house.


Mitchell Holman

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Apr 3, 2023, 2:14:20 PM4/3/23
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Skeeter <nom...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
news:MPG.3e948a33f...@usnews.blocknews.net:
Iran nuclear limitation treaty,
which Trump's own Sec of State was
working fine.

Trump ordering the Pentagon to
fire all its trans personel without
even consulting the military first

Trump firing all US overseas
ambassadors with no idea how to
replace them.

Trump firing Inspector General
staff, without explanation.

Trump ordering US forces to
abandon our Kurdish allies and let
Turkey move in and kill them.

Trump cancelling the annual
US/SKorea military war games because
his "lover" the ruler of North Korea
ordered him to.

Trump defunding Pentagon
construction projects so he can
build his "wall" that even his own
party didn't want to fund.


Need more?






Klaus Schadenfreude

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Apr 3, 2023, 2:29:22 PM4/3/23
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:14:09 +0000, Mitchell Holman
<noe...@verizon.net> wrote:

>Skeeter <nom...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>news:MPG.3e948a33f...@usnews.blocknews.net:
>
>> In article <kurj2i97lq40fjs1o...@4ax.com>,
>> nu...@bizniz.net says...
>>>
>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:06:54 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
>>> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On 2023-04-02, Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen>
>>> >wrote:
>>> >> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:52:46 GMT, Helmut Achterberg <"Helmut
>>> >> Achterberg"@localonly.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>On 2023-04-02, That idiot Biden <bi...@idiots.com> wrote:
>>> >>>> On 27 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPe...@magik.beanz.net> posted
>>> >>>> some news:svgt07$1t6kr$4...@news.freedyn.de:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> The country is falling apart and Biden bans lightbulbs.
>>> >>
>>> >> What kind of Neanderthal is still using incandescent light bulbs?
>>> >
>>> >Very few people. Light bulbs are a minor issue.
>>> >It's all the other stuff Biden has done to destroy the country.
>>>
>>> Like fixing the things Trump broke, you mean?
>>>
>>> Moron.
>>>
>> Name them. Bet you can't.
>>
>
>

> Trump ordering the Pentagon to
>fire all its trans personel without
>even consulting the military first

When did Trump order the Pentagon to "fire" all trans personel?

> Trump firing all US overseas
>ambassadors with no idea how to
>replace them.

When did Trump "fire" all US ambassadors?
What ambassadors do we have that are *not* "overseas?"

> Trump firing Inspector General
>staff, without explanation.

When did Trump fire all of the Inspector General staff?

> Trump cancelling the annual
>US/SKorea military war games because
>his "lover" the ruler of North Korea
>ordered him to.

When did Trump receive an "order" from North Korea?

> Trump defunding Pentagon
>construction projects so he can
>build his "wall" that even his own
>party didn't want to fund.

You mean the wall Biden wanted to build?

max headroom

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In news:u0f1dl$31qk4$1...@dont-email.me, Scout
<me4...@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> typed:
Or a doghouse or a chicken coop or a cellar.


Mitchell Holman

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Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen.@gmail.com> wrote in
news:2b6m2iddbmusvifro...@Schadenfreude.com:
Trump Never Consulted The Military’s Top
Officer Before Banning Transgender Troops
February 20, 2018

President Donald Trump announced last
summer that his proposed ban on transgender
people in the U.S. military was the product
of "consultation" with "Generals and
military experts."

But the country’s highest-ranking general,
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford,
wasn’t among those whom Trump consulted,
according to emails unearthed Tuesday.

In two leaked correspondences obtained by
BuzzFeed News, Dunford told generals of the
Air Force, Army, Marines, National Guard and
Navy that Trump’s July 26 announcement
proposing to ban transgender people from
serving in the armed forces "was unexpected"
and something he had NOT been "consulted" about.

"When asked, I will state that I was not
consulted," Dunford wrote in one of the emails.
http://tinyurl.com/y7k55qo4





>> Trump firing all US overseas
>>ambassadors with no idea how to
>>replace them.
>
> When did Trump "fire" all US ambassadors?


Donald Trump has fired all foreign US
ambassadors with nobody to replace them
20 January 2017

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-fires-us-
ambassadors-no-replacements-a7538256.html


>> Trump firing Inspector General
>>staff, without explanation.
>
> When did Trump fire all of the Inspector General staff?


Trump’s purge of inspectors general, explained
May 28, 2020,

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/21265799/inspectors-general-trump-linick-
atkinson



Klaus Schadenfreude

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Apr 4, 2023, 6:59:40 AM4/4/23
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On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:59:56 +0000, Mitchell Holman
Ah, so you've changed your story from "firing" to "banning."


>
>>> Trump firing all US overseas
>>>ambassadors with no idea how to
>>>replace them.
>>
>> When did Trump "fire" all US ambassadors?
>
>
>Donald Trump has fired all foreign US
>ambassadors with nobody to replace them
>20 January 2017
>
>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-fires-us-
>ambassadors-no-replacements-a7538256.html

The resignation of politically appointed ambassadors at the start of a
new administration is commonplace, not unprecedented.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-all-politically-appointed-ambassadors-unprecedented/



>>> Trump firing Inspector General
>>>staff, without explanation.
>>
>> When did Trump fire all of the Inspector General staff?
>
>
>Trump’s purge of inspectors general, explained
>May 28, 2020,
>
>https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/21265799/inspectors-general-trump-linick-
>atkinson

Try reading your own cite. He did not fire all of the IG staff.

So, that's all you got?

LOL

Skeeter

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noe...@verizon.net says...
All kool aid spewed to liberals by left biased sources.

Scout

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Yep, lord knows we use heat lights often enough..


Scout

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"Klaus Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.löschen.@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:ih0o2ihl8fke0obps...@Schadenfreude.com...
And let's be honest do you really want to have someone with known severe
mental issues as a soldier under combat?

>>>> Trump firing all US overseas
>>>>ambassadors with no idea how to
>>>>replace them.
>>>
>>> When did Trump "fire" all US ambassadors?
>>
>>
>>Donald Trump has fired all foreign US
>>ambassadors with nobody to replace them
>>20 January 2017
>>
>>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-fires-us-
>>ambassadors-no-replacements-a7538256.html
>
> The resignation of politically appointed ambassadors at the start of a
> new administration is commonplace, not unprecedented.
> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-all-politically-appointed-ambassadors-unprecedented/
>
>
>
>>>> Trump firing Inspector General
>>>>staff, without explanation.
>>>
>>> When did Trump fire all of the Inspector General staff?
>>
>>
>>Trump's purge of inspectors general, explained
>>May 28, 2020,
>>
>>https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/21265799/inspectors-general-trump-linick-
>>atkinson
>
> Try reading your own cite. He did not fire all of the IG staff.
>
> So, that's all you got?
>
> LOL

That's all they ever have..... At best.


Klaus Schadenfreude

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82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and
40% have attempted suicide

That sounds like a severe mental issue. Even more severe than being a
Democrat.

Why would you want someone like that in your military?


>>>>> Trump firing Inspector General
>>>>>staff, without explanation.
>>>>
>>>> When did Trump fire all of the Inspector General staff?
>>>
>>>
>>>Trump's purge of inspectors general, explained
>>>May 28, 2020,
>>>
>>>https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/21265799/inspectors-general-trump-linick-
>>>atkinson
>>
>> Try reading your own cite. He did not fire all of the IG staff.
>>
>> So, that's all you got?
>>
>> LOL
>
>That's all they ever have..... At best.

These guys are headline readers. They read the headline and never get
to the details.
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