A:\u00a0 Two, but they better be the same sex, or at least diverse.<\/p>\n
NPR was talking today about the coming Fred Upton’s ban on 100 watt Incandescent light bulbs<\/span>, and what a wonderful thing that is<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 They even included totally appropriate audio of George W Bush beaming with pride about his accomplishment at the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n NPR acknowledged that CFL’s have not worked out as well as people had hoped (without mentioning the “mercury thing”, that they don’t work outside in the cold, and they burn out a lot sooner than they’re supposed to, are hazardous waste disposal problems, etc…).\u00a0\u00a0 NPR was pimping LED lights as the better alternative.\u00a0\u00a0 Ultimately, LEDs may be the better solution.<\/p>\n I have a proposal – if saving energy is this importan<\/span>t a national issue, I have a libertarian alternative.\u00a0\u00a0 Rather than mandating what people can’t do, let’s mandate what governments (including home owner associations) can’t do<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Condo associations and home owner associations (and probably cities) routinely make it against the rules to hang your laundry outside to dry<\/span>.\u00a0 Heat to power clothes dryers is a large power drain. \u00a0 Hanging a clothes line (or tree) and letting the sun dry your clothes is not only free, but the sunlight does a pretty good job disinfecting the clothing.<\/p>\n Banning hanging your laundry outside is done because it is unattractive and perceived as something “only poor people do”<\/span>, and will hurt property values.\u00a0\u00a0 It also takes some time and work to hang out laundry- these days a lot of people have more time than money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A:\u00a0 Two, but they better be the same sex, or at least diverse. NPR was talking today about the coming Fred Upton’s ban on 100 watt Incandescent light bulbs, and what a wonderful thing that is.\u00a0 They even included totally … Continue reading