GE: Here's a bright idea: How 'bout American-made compact fluorescents?

Almost everybody will tell you that compact fluorescents are a good idea from the EPA to your local power company to environmental lifestyle magazines. The small amount of mercury is less than that added to the environment by coal burning plants. The Energy Bill, still awaiting its conference committee reconcilation even included a plan to transition to these energy savers from the old-style incadescent bulbs. Who tells you, however, how the bulk of these ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent sourcing and information with a lot of informative links. The story resonates because it's located at the confluence of two high profile issues: green technology (good) and loss of US jobs (bad). I'm not quite sure how this is any different, in reality, than the hundreds of other industries that have moved or are moving around the globe. The often problematic nature of government subsidies are not discussed, and the comparison with government subsidies for the energy industry is problematic. For all sorts of reasons (strategic, national security-based, logistical), we can't outsource power production right now. Outsourcing the production of goods has been an integral part of the globalized economy for literally hundreds of years (see British in India).

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