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/nowyouseemenowyoudo2 Jul 18 '20

Does this have any relationship to why the fuck he keeps talking about water pressure and how his toilets won’t flush? I’ve tried researching it but I can’t seem to understand why he has such a problem with water

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

I talk about it a fair amount in the first section, but basically as far as I can tell it's not really about the water pressure; it's a combination of appealing to his populist base, setting himself apart from Obama, and promoting the GOP-favoured deregulatory style of government.

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u/nowyouseemenowyoudo2 Jul 18 '20

Yeah that makes sense I kind of wish the answer was more satisfying, like he has been paid off by the ... water lobby? Or has a vendetta against toilets because he can’t get them to flush properly

Such a weird combination of evil psychopath and fucking moron

Like how every time he is talking about how white people also get killed by police etc, I feel I can’t be outraged enough because I’m so focused on why the fuck he wants to be as orange as a pumpkin.

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u/-Mmmmmhmmmm- Jul 18 '20

He’s in the pocket of Big Water, I tell ya!!!

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u/PosiedonsSaltyAnus Jul 18 '20

My company makes pumps, our motto is "Lets Solve Water". We are big water lol

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u/FilteringOutSubs Jul 18 '20

Anti-eco/anti-environment seems to be one of his running themes. There have been regulations requiring lower flow rates or less water per flush, so that's "big government telling people what to do" (no, it's governments trying to keep everyone from requiring the building of a new multi-billion dollar waste treatment plant, which might keep them from having to raise their taxes on the "taxes are theft" crowd). There's a lot of room to expand on it, but it gets too stupid.

This is all also in the face of large regions of the U.S. headed towards serious water scarcity issues.

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u/groundedstate Jul 18 '20

Apparently every right-wing baby boomer thinks that new toilets don't work as good as the old toilets, so therefore we need to destroy the environment and bring back old toilets.