The federal government is nudging private industry to focus more on energy-efficient light bulbs. However, the Guarantors of Poverty are now fighting this effort, even though the law that starts this nudge was signed in 2007 under that pink commie named George Bush. It is also interesting that it would save money by using light bulbs that are more energy efficient.
So something saves money, but because it interferes with the natural workings of the market, it is therefore evil. I do not understand the Republican mind-set that green technology is somehow bad. Are they so in bed with big oil that they can't see straight? Or are they just willfully ignorant? It's really hard to tell considering a lot of Republicans also tend to deny evolution as well. Perhaps they think science is illegitimate, which is a philosophical position, but they fail to show what would be the best way to arrive at knowledge if science, which has been very successful, is replaced by something else. The real replacement seems to actually be based on Stephen Colbert's character, which says my gut is right, and I don't give a damn about the facts!
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