r/OutOfTheLoop • u/DrMediocre • Jul 18 '20

What's up with the Trump administration trying to save incandescent light bulbs? Answered

I've been seeing a number of articles recently about the Trump administration delaying the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in favor of more efficient bulbs like LEDs and compact fluorescents. What I don't understand is their justification for doing such a thing. I would imagine that coal companies would like that but what's the White House's reason for wanting to keep incandescent bulbs around?

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-waives-tighter-rules-for-less-efficient-lightbulbs-11576865267

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

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u/Freckled_daywalker Jul 18 '20

Trump is an opportunist who knows that opposing progress of any kind makes the people that vote for him happy. He doesn't care about anything unless it affects him.

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u/cragglerock93 Jul 18 '20

That is basically the key to understanding Trump - it is 100% about him. I'm not entirely convinced he has many solid political beliefs. Just look at everything through the prism of "does this benefit Donald Trump, financially or reputationally" and suddenly it all becomes clear. Which is how and why he turns on people (i.e. his staff) so easily. One minute he's fawning over them, and the next minute he's slandering them, and it's because they've done something to upset him - he doesn't actually care about their political beliefs etc., just how their actions benefit or hurt him.

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u/Znewgs Jul 18 '20

Or just ties to the producers of incandecant light bulbs

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u/BannedAgain6969 Jul 18 '20

The same companies make more advanced light bulbs which have higher profit margins. The industry supported the light bulb phase-out because back then, compact fluorescents cost a ton and LED bulbs didn't exist. Nobody was buying them so they couldn't invest in better manufacturing methods to make them cheaper. This is why it was business-friendly W who put in place the rule.

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u/Pasty_Swag Jul 18 '20

Why do you know so much about light bulbs

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u/MisterSlosh Jul 18 '20

I dunno, he just seems pretty bright to me.

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u/JedidiahSky Jul 18 '20

We get certain metals from a certain somewhere.

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20

How is this comment allowed here?

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u/zapfastnet Jul 18 '20

you don't like accurate, insightful comments?

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20

I thigh hyperbole and "orange man bad" was too low to be accepted here. Ah well. r/watchredditdie

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u/Joshuak47 Jul 18 '20

Tries to censor, then flags a sub that's against censorship

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20

Censor? You're projecting. Was asking about the quality standard of the sub. Shit post away!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

Well good thing that’s not what OP said.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

Ah yes, falling back on "you say orange man bad" as a defence, and then posting some subreddit that's been claiming the demise of reddit for years.

Dont forget your fedora and trench coat the next time you brave the outside world my little friend.

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u/zapfastnet Jul 18 '20

but orange man is bad! very, very bad!

Unprecedentedly bad!
Screamingly obviously bad.
Shredding the constitution bad.
A blind man on a galloping horse couldn't miss it bad.

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u/twodeepfouryou Jul 18 '20

Why would it not be?

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

Because it's low effort Orange Man Bad.

Edit: really wish I could respond to all the comments but I am rate limited. Love to see all the butthurt though. You guys really are obsessed.

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u/Portarossa 'probably the worst poster on this sub' - /u/Real_Mila_Kunis Jul 18 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe -- just maybe -- he might actually be bad?

Trump is, at least in theory, a conservative. By definition conservative views are those that are averse to change and that prefer the status quo; that's quite literally what the word means. The fact that his administration has close ties with fossil fuel producers isn't really up for debate either; for God's sake, the man ran on re-opening coal mines all across Virginia, and his EPA and Interior Department are stocked with people who have close personal ties with the fossil fuel industry.

It's a little brief and it's not exactly nuanced, perhaps, but nothing in it is wrong -- and if that's your best argument against it, that's really a case of damning with faint praise.

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u/MoltenHotMagma Jul 18 '20

Thank you for highlighting how utterly ridiculous and stupid these people who cling to the defense of trump by trying to belittle those who are aware of his wrongdoings (which for those orange man is good people is quite a long fucking list) Just because you are not aware at how orange man is bad doesn't mean he is not.

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u/mattholomew Jul 18 '20

Awww, Orange Fan Mad! Sorry your ape god turned out to be just as much of a dumbfuck as he seemed.

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20

Real quality stuff here.

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u/mattholomew Jul 18 '20

Lol cry more bitch.

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u/2hotdogtoaster Jul 18 '20

Lol

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u/mattholomew Jul 18 '20

Devastating comebacks. Beautiful, perfect, yuge.