Ohio Utility Ships Customers Energy-Efficient Bulbs, Plus a Huge Bill

What turns people away from being "Green"? Stories like this http://ow.ly/wWYQ

By: Fred

Indeed, this is extemely poor planning on the part of the utility. Especially if this is the best they can offer in the way of a conservation porgram. Makes me wonder if some of the former Enron accounting execs are working for FirstEnergy.

By: Nick Aster

This has nothing to do with “liberals”. The point here is that Ohio and presumably this utility did a sloppy job of what could have otherwise been a good program. Decoupling would be a much better system, the way it’s done in California. In that system, utilities can give out CFLs for free, then modestly raise rates to cover the cost and save money because they don’t have to build new power plants, so it’s a real win win.

By: frgough

Once gain, liberals show that they either don’t know (or more likely don’t care) about economic law.

Price does not equal cost. Price must always be higher than cost or the business goes out of business. And, no, government bailouts don’t allow you to ignore this law. Only, because a government can’t go out of business, it produces inflation instead.

By: Herman Gurbutz

I would be protesting. Signs and everything.

By: binaryorganic

Inaccurate. You can’t say in your headline that the company “sent” the bulbs, and then in the story say that it’s been “postponed.”

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agreement on the lawyers. I read that snopes post, and my coworkers event was about early 2008 (she lives in either VA or MD - works in DC). With lawyers you have endagerment to unwitting children (say a 2 year old) that if broken, could be in the area w/o the flight-fight mechanism to leave the spot. etc. etc. lawsuit, class action, etc.

agreement on the lawyers. I read that snopes post, and my coworkers event was about early 2008 (she lives in either VA or MD - works in DC). With lawyers you have endagerment to unwitting children (say a 2 year old) that if broken, could be in the area w/o the flight-fight mechanism to leave the spot. etc. etc. lawsuit, class action, etc.

Six of one, half a dozen of another. It's either cut usage or jack the rates through the ceiling to pay for more plants. Which bad thing do you want? There are no other options, short of everyone investing in off-grid systems or becoming Amish.

Six of one, half a dozen of another. It's either cut usage or jack the rates through the ceiling to pay for more plants. Which bad thing do you want? There are no other options, short of everyone investing in off-grid systems or becoming Amish.

A__holes! Return them back to the electric companies and tell them to put it where the Sun doesn't shine! I think I'll go back to full spectrum incandescent bulbs. They are cheaper and put out a better light. Plus they are jacking up the prices on those fluorescent bulbs so much I don't think we will see an economic return on our investments any more. Plus incandescent bulbs are much more environmentally safer than fluorescent bulbs. Screw bait and switch environmentalism!

A__holes! Return them back to the electric companies and tell them to put it where the Sun doesn't shine! I think I'll go back to full spectrum incandescent bulbs. They are cheaper and put out a better light. Plus they are jacking up the prices on those fluorescent bulbs so much I don't think we will see an economic return on our investments any more. Plus incandescent bulbs are much more environmentally safer than fluorescent bulbs. Screw bait and switch environmentalism!

Ohio Utility Ships Customers New Light Bulbs, & a Huge Bill http://bit.ly/G8cGT

also known as a "forced savings" they're forced to pay for something they didn't want in order to save a few cents per month on electricity.

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By: Helen

Free market is what’s made this country great. Why on earth would anyone in their RIGHT mind allow the government to decide what is “for their own good?” Oh, that’s right, Liberals aren’t right, they’re left.

By: Dan

Every hear of the free market? It’s a novel concept.

The government is mandating how much energy an energy company can produce for it’s customers. Of course that is going to mean higher prices whether its a goofy bulb story or shortages or anything else. It’s not very complicated but liberals love to make it complicated.

All you need to understand here is this. Energy is BAD. Earth is GOOD. Stop using energy so mother Gaia can be saved. That means all you peons in your homes need to get with the program and you have no choice in the matter. It’s “for your own good”.