Waiting For Executive Orders In Support Of 8-Track Tapes, Betamax And Typewriters

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Recent rant in North Carolina. Note sparse crowd of dead-enders.

They’re still incensed about more efficient bulbs.

NPR:

The Trump administration is rolling back requirements for new, energy-efficient lightbulbs. The Energy Department announced the move on Wednesday, withdrawing standards that were to be put in place to make commonly used bulbs more efficient.

The new standards were included in energy legislation implemented under President George W. Bush and finalized under the Obama administration. They were set to go into effect in January 2020 and gradually phase out incandescent and halogen bulbs. This includes the everyday pear-shaped bulbs as well as bulbs used for items such as bathroom vanities, recessed lighting and candle-shape lights, to be replaced
with energy-efficient, LED versions, which are illuminated by light-emitting diodes.

In its announcement of the rollback, the Energy Department says the new lightbulb standards were established in 2017 “in a manner that is not consistent with the best reading of the statute.”

Last March, NPR’s Jeff Brady reported, “Thanks to a 2007 law signed by President George W. Bush, shelves these days are largely stocked with LED bulbs that look more like the traditional pear-shape incandescent version but use just one-fifth the energy. A second wave of lightbulb changes was set to happen. But now the Trump administration wants to undo an Obama-era regulation designed to make a wide array of specialty lightbulbs more energy-efficient.”

EDIT

https://climatecrocks.com/2019/09/11/why-dim-bulbs-love-trump/comment-page-1/#comments

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1. Awww

They had to move that to a different venue! Cuz I signed up online for TWO SEATS dammit! I sign up for TWO SEATS at every single dump rally. Figure I do my part to make certain there will be two empty seats at every single dump rally. Seems there are more and more just like me doing the same....

Plus, it almost seems that the only attendees are the 30% or so who will still vote for this train-wreck. Guess they put all of the folks behind him. Love the fact that cameras did a sweep of the 'crowd' in Fayetteville, NC