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BARNEYII wrote:

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Tell me something, what the hell does the cost of a light bulb, have to do with the fact that it takes less energy to operate that bulb?
Less energy needed------A lesser amount of coal burned-----A lesser amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.
See how all of that, kind of goes together?

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BARNEYII wrote:

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to be more harmful to the atmosphere. This was also found by the engineering class in their study"
It took a "engineering class study" to tell you that a product that contains a minute amount of toxic material is "more harmful to the atmosphere" compared to a product that does not contain Mercury.
That is just brilliant.

Ilovebush wrote:

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G W. bush-oil ,Iraq-----more oil

BARNEYII wrote:

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High levels my ass.
I said more, ENERGY EFFICIENT not more, ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT geez''''''''''

BARNEYII wrote:

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You are clueless as to how the "process" works, and just as clueless as to what the Republicans in the Senate are doing.
Last Thursday, in another attempt to protect corporations and kill American jobs, Republicans blocked a measure to reward companies that brought jobs back to America, and protect their candidate Willard Romney. Republicans in the Senate refused to allow a vote on a bill, The Bring Jobs Home Act, which provided a 20% tax break for costs related to moving jobs back to the United States, at the same time rescinding deductions for companies that moved operations and jobs overseas. The bill was number one on the President’s congressional “to-do list,” but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted to amend it with an Affordable Care Act repeal and Bush-era ta x cuts for the wealthy extension

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guest wrote:

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Let us all drive Volts, no oil, heavily subsidized,supports Government Motors and if you nwant to go more than thirty miles from home, you should move anyway. And while you're out you can buy a Barney Bulb.

Reality Check wrote:

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It's simple. A pack of 4 standard bulbs costs about $1.75 (about 0.43 per bulb). ONE twist flourescent cost between $4.50 and as much as $13.00. If the twist bulb goes out before the incandescent (which they do) then the savings of energy costs during the operation of the twist bulb will likely be less than the difference in the cost of the two making the total savings actually more for the incandescent bulb. BTW, the twist bulbs actually are more dangerous because they have a high level of mercury and have been proven to be more harmful to the atmosphere. This was also found by the engineering class in their study. Look, if you are going to make such a strong statement at least do your homework so you don't look any more uninformed and out of touch than you already do.

Reality Check wrote:

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I read your post several times and I am having a hard time finding the vote totals from the senate on the bills sitting on Harry Reid's desk and I can't seem to find them. Surly, you would want to answer the challenge so you could show everyone just how much your party wants to create jobs in a fair constitutional manner. I mean diverting away from a topic to another so you don't have to answer would just be dishonest. You wouldn't do that would you? I'll go ahead and tell the rest of the story for you on your diversion though. The 20% is a one time break. If they move back here, they would have to do business under the most business unfriendly environment in the world. What does that mean? It is far more profitable to stay where they are than to move here and pay business taxes that would cost them far more than the savings they got from the 20%. It's a political ploy to make the republicans look bad. The republicans should have passed the bill because no business would have taken "advantage" of the tax break anyway.

SAC Warrior wrote:

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Volts are hybrid not straight electric. The range is the same as a normal car. And its American made,

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quest wrote:

GM finally announced the contract had been awarded to LG chem of Korea using special large format lithium ion cells. The cells will be made in Korea, and shipped to the battery pack assembly plant in Michigan.

BARNEYII wrote:

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shipped to the battery pack assembly plant in Michigan"
Interesting ,the last jobs report from BLS said the auto industry had hired several hundred people. Do you think maybe it was to to work in the "battery pack assembly plant in Michigan" ?

quest wrote:

<quoted text>The point is Barney wants no emissions so we would only use the electric part, where are the batteries made?

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Dad wrote:

Nice to see the delete thought police are out in force today, something to look forward to if the TP express ever assumes control.
Better delete this one too Arkie or whoever's in charge of this train-wreck nowadays.

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quest wrote:

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I doubt it, if they hired several hundred people to build battery packs for Volts, that would work out to about three workers for every Volt sold. You might be right though, that is how much if Obama's incentive plans have worked.

BARNEYII wrote:

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Don't keep up with things much, do you?
For the first seven months, GM has sold 10,666 Volts, up 270 percent over the same period last year.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120801/A...

BARNEYII wrote:

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We consume more mercury eating canned tuna; mercury found in a CFL is about the volume of the
tip of a ballpoint.
http://cambridgeenergyalliance.org/wp-content...

Reality Check wrote:

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I'm sure that figured heavily into the decision of how much mercury to put into twist flourescent bulbs. I guess since there may be less mercury in twist bulbs, that makes the mercury in bulbs not harmful at all because it's for the greater good. I happen to agree that the mercury levels in twist bulbs isn't enough to make even the slightest difference. I also think that incandescent bulbs are even less harmful to the environment, energy grid, or the pocket books of consumers. You just made an argument against yourself with that tuna analogy. What will you divert this conversation to this time?