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2010-04-23 Home Front: Politix

Pelosi Calls Press Conference to Unveil $140,000 Light Fixtures in House Cafeteria

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Posted by gorb 2010-04-23 04:20|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 our nations leaders remain responsible stewards of our environment

I...I can't ... snark that. My mind .. just ...

Oh, is that what the term "boggle" means?

Posted by Bobby 2010-04-23 06:45|| 2010-04-23 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 This strikes me as one of the least stupid things they have done. Trivial, but not stupid. And the time they spend on stuff like this is time they can't spend on Crap 'n' Trade, etc. Even if it does take 10 years to pay of (or 50) try to name another expenditure they have made that has any chance of paying off. LEDs truly are more efficient than incandescent or even fluorescent bulbs, and are still early on the price/development curve - I expect the light 'quality' to go up and the price to come way down over the next decade.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-04-23 07:50|| 2010-04-23 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone should tell her the new lighting makes her look old. They'd be ripping it all out tomorrow.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-23 09:21|| 2010-04-23 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 $300-$800 PER light fixture?!?

Posted by Shoting Unelet2578 2010-04-23 10:08|| 2010-04-23 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, the lighting won't work. This woman is destined to be forever in the dark.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-23 10:13|| 2010-04-23 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Are they so desperate they're trying to distract us with shiny objects now?

"Unemployment is through the roof, the economy is in the tank, weve mortgaged our childrens future, our troops are fighting for their lives with little support from their government, healthcare sucks more and more every day, China owns almost $1 trillion of our debt, but look, we have new lights in the basement cafeteria!"

I'm just waiting to hear this woman declare, "Let them eat cake".

Posted by Keeney 2010-04-23 10:27|| 2010-04-23 10:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Ayers said that the new light fixtures and window shades were installed in the cafeteria, located in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building, because the LED [light emitting diode] light fixtures have become much less expensive

Window shades in teh basement huh? Good enough for government work.

How many dems does it take to change a lightbulb? 2 - Pelosi holds the lightbulb while Obama turns the world.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-04-23 11:03|| 2010-04-23 11:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Are they so desperate they're trying to distract us with shiny objects now?
OUTSTANDING snark, and from a newbie (Keeney) too.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-04-23 11:05|| 2010-04-23 11:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Seriously, this is why I Don't have any, if the price comes down (Like the compact flourescents did) then, and only then I'll buy some.

At present they're only attractive to huge electricity users, like department stores, and I've noticrd more Trafic siggnals are now LED, for cities they're cost effective, not for me, not yet.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-04-23 11:15|| 2010-04-23 11:15|| Front Page Top

#10 LED fixtures are still pretty expensive, yet about half the price (or less) they were a few years ago, so that part is true.

Even if you doubled the estimated '$300/ea' cost to include install labor and misc. materials, that still would equate to about 230 or so light fixtures (I don't remember the House Cafeteria space being large enough to require that many). I haven't seen what they are using yet, but a 10-year payback for 230+ fixtures better offer better savings than the standard 60-watt power reduction per fixture over florescent lighting one typically anticipates (and figuring 13.8Kw/Hr savings for 230 fixtures x local power rate/hr [used .10/hr] x # hours in use = around 4,230 days before payoff if they're on 24/7).

Area 'Occupancy Sensors' that shut down lighting if no one is around would be incredibly cheaper and provide the same cost savings way before these LEDs will.

The 'automatic shades' however, are 'technical nightmares' when they begin to fail (which they will, loooong before the LED lighting).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-04-23 13:22|| 2010-04-23 13:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Steny, am I...am I...smiling?
I'm not sure, your highn...Madame Speaker.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-23 14:19|| 2010-04-23 14:19|| Front Page Top

#12 LED is so much a better solution than compact fluorescent. wonder which one the govt is trying to force on us?

CF bulbs do not pay for themselves. they cost of the bulb is pretty much a wash on the energy saving. they are also an environmental nightmare if you look at the production and disposal (conveniently left out by the left in their mad rush of faux piety) when the price point drops i will go LED in my house. what we need is are LED replacements that screw in to current light sockets.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-23 14:19|| 2010-04-23 14:19|| Front Page Top

#13 LED traffic lights have a problem up north, however. After one of our delightful blizzards, some of them got "snowed in". It kind of screwed up traffic control for a while in some places.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-04-23 17:52|| 2010-04-23 17:52|| Front Page Top

#14 After one of our delightful blizzards, some of them got "snowed in".

If only scientists could invent some kind of highly efficient light that had a heater in it to melt the snow. I would pay double for that!

And I would think that the inexpensive answer to this expense disaster is to just wait for LED lights to come out that will screw into the existing sockets.

Geniuses run our country.

Posted by gorb 2010-04-23 21:37|| 2010-04-23 21:37|| Front Page Top

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