# The new fuel economy standards congress passed

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**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451 "2007-12-18T12:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451/49 "2007-12-19T06:57:37Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> [http://www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=08989](http://www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=08989)
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> …The energy efficiency stuff sounds great as well. A while back I posted that article about the “phantom drain”. AKA, the power all our appliances use when they’re not even on. I’m sure one of the big areas they came make gains for little money is tackling that problem. Lighting is another big one. Most of us are using the same bulb design our grandparents were using when they were our age. CFL’s and LED lighting will be making a huge push into mainstream.
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> Hopefully they also push a big CFL recycling initiative or the 2025 energy policy will probably have a ban on CFL’s because of all the mecury we release in the next 20 years throwing out billions of CFL lightbulbs…

I just purchased a device that monitors and records electric usage,  
it should be pretty interesting. [http://www.ccrane.com/science/instruments/kill-a-watt-ez.aspx](http://www.ccrane.com/science/instruments/kill-a-watt-ez.aspx)  
The main stream media is now talking about LED Christmas lights like they were just invented last week.  
I already use LED lights in my house(not just Christmas lights) because they are waaaay better than CFL lights.  
Some of the LED lights only use 1.4 watts!!!  
The media keeps pushing these CFL lights as an enviornmental savior and they have ignored LED lights until the Christmas lights thing this year.  
Home Depot and Lowes look at you funny when you ask if they sell any LED lights.  
I have always said that CFL can’t be good because of the mercury in them.  
I know Al Gore likes to tell us how to live our lives but what kind of lighting does he use?

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