A few years back the environmentalist succeeded in getting
Congress to ban incandescent light bulbs, and required people to replace them
with mercury-filled fluorescent light bulbs.
Aside from the fact that the federal government decided to interfere in
the market and pick winning and losing products, this does not necessarily sound
like a bad idea. We are going to have to
use light bulbs that tend to last longer.
The federal government actually chose the better product this time,
right? On the other hand, is the
fluorescent really that much better?
As I mentioned before, fluorescents are filled with
mercury. What happens when one of those
fluorescent light bulbs break? You
technically have to go through all these hoops and rules before you can throw
one away if one breaks. What about a
fluorescent light bulb that is burning out and it heats up so much that you
start smelling the mercury, and then the bulb explodes almost setting your
house on fire. Is that really an
environmentally safe light bulb?
A Burned Out Fluorescent Light Bulb that Exploded and Broke
I guess the federal government really did not choose a good
product in its intervention. Why are
there still people that believe the government can know better than individual people
can? What would have happened if the
free market were allowed to freely choose its products? People would have had the freedom to choose
the best product, and in some cases, people would have had the freedom to make
a better and safer product.
The environmentalists and elites either just do not get it,
or they do not care. The free market is
not some mechanical machine that can be controlled and regulated to operate
better. The free market is a living
organism made up of individual human beings making free choices in how they
buy, sell, and interact with other human beings. The free market in one word is FREEDOM.
The environmentalist likes to label Conservatives as
anti-environment. Assuming the only true
environmental solution is one where the federal government intervenes and
controls individuals to meet onerous regulations. Conservatives are not anti-environment. We are anti-big government doing the things
that are the responsibility of individuals.
We want to be free to find ways to make a better product that is also
safer for human beings, as well as safer for the environment.
The problem with the government solution is that it tends to
want something one way before the technology is even invented to make it. Government is caught up in the emotions of an
issue, acts too quickly, and then makes a product that either does not work or it
is not as safe as they thought.
Emotional lawmaking is going to be the downfall of America if we do not
elect responsible leaders that have Common Sense.
People who care for the environment should continue
researching the environment. However,
they should not seek a government solution that involves government intervening
in private enterprise and centrally controlling business and individuals. They should seek to provide business and the
inventor with well-documented environmental research, and then allow businesses
and inventors the freedom to build the best useful product that is also safe
for human beings and safe for the environment.
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