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...everybody should do their part in energy conservation and the prevention of pollution but everybody isn't going to. A tip of the old ball cap to ya for doing yours.

...a lot of retired folks on fixed incomes can't afford to buy a new toilet. I have the old type and will replace em with the new type one of these days.

...the new curly bulbs? I don't like em. I was sittin in the living room watching the idiot box and smelled smoke so I got up and went looking for it. A three fixture ceiling lamp had three curly bulbs in it and one of em was on fire. Woulda likely burned down the house if I hadn't caught it in time.

...did ya ever notice how a lot of the folks who want the rest of us to put in special toilets or use an energy saving bulb have swimming pools and lights in their yards that can be seen from outerspace???




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Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!


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Re: The Republicans have decided that Americans need to be protected from the horrors of efficient lightbulbs and low-flow toilets...
By: oldCADuser
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Mon, 14 Jul 14 6:51 AM
Msg. 00287 of 65535

We're in the middle of a multi-year drought and the power company is calling a 'flex-alert' for tomorrow in anticipation of there being a power shortage here in SoCal due to the heat, which is not helping our drought situation. Efficient lightbulbs and low-flow toilets are just part of what is needed if we're going to maintain anything close to our current lifestyle.

In our case, in the last 3 years we've replaced all our our windows with dual pane, low-emissive glass. Replaced virtually all of our incandescent lights with CFL's or LED's (actually we're about 90/5/5 LED's to CFL's to incandescent). Replaced our toilets with dual-flush, low-flow models. And most recently purchased new a HE (High Efficiency) washer and dryer pair. As well as taking other energy saving measures. We also allow the power company to remotely cycle our AC unit in case of a pending power shortage.

We all need to do our part.


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