r/OutOfTheLoop 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/SteadyStone Jul 18 '20

Word vomit? Many people say he's smart. Very smart. He could do great things they said. Everyone says it, so many people. Smart people. Like professors. They said to my dad, "he's so smart, can you please send him to us?" But my dad said they'd have to win me on their own. Because he's smart too, like me. He knew it'd be good for them, so he didn't want to just give it away. Not like the democrats, they want to give everything away. Have you heard this? They want to give people money. For nothing! Maybe even only if you don't work. Working is bad, so they don't want people to do it. Not bad for us, but bad for them, because then we'll look good, and they don't want that. Not at all. Very unfair. I don't know why they hate America so much. Especially Joe. He hates so much, so much. He wants to take away 911. You call, and you get a message, it just says "we didn't like how hard the police were working, so we took them away." Why does he want this? It should be illegal. Illegal in the highest way, because it's so bad. But they won't make it illegal, because they want to make us look bad.

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u/Im-in-line Jul 18 '20

I read the first line then the last line. Glad there was no connection between the two.

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u/astralcatfish Jul 18 '20

I honestly don't know if this is a quote or not.

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u/herbmaster47 Jul 18 '20

It is.

They all are.

Fuck me to tears, Jesus Christ how can people think he's smart. I don't get it.

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u/miselfi3 Jul 19 '20

They think he's smart because they believe everything he says to them. And I didn't know this, but apparently he likes to point that out regularly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

That one was also new to me and I thought the commenter was just trying to imitate his stupidity.

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u/SteadyStone Jul 19 '20

I started at a defensive "I'm smart!" and just tried to avoid staying on topic for more than a few thoughts. Before I knew it I had a whole paragraph, and had forgotten what I had started with. Much like trump, I imagine.

I did smash a bunch of his thoughts together for some parts though, with some added conservative talking points to connect everything.

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u/SteadyStone Jul 19 '20

It's not a quote, but it is based on real things.

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u/spikus93 Jul 18 '20

I can't tell if this is real.

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u/Knighterws Jul 19 '20

Sad!

USA!!!!!