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‘From My Cold, Dead Hands’ — Or, Until There’s Something Better

‘From My Cold, Dead Hands’ — Or, Until There’s Something Better

A nice thing about these product debates is they can go on for longer than people can muster the energy to care about them

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Jan 14, 2023
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Toward the end of his presidency, George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Among other provisions, this bipartisan law directed the Department of Energy to produce regulations tightening the energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. The law declared that most light bulbs for household use would have to beco…

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