Walter E. Williams: Tyranny update

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Last December, President Bush signed an energy bill that will ban the sale of Edison?s incandescent bulb, starting with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt bulb by 2014. You say, “Hey, Williams, what?s wrong with saving energy, reducing our carbon footprint and stopping global warming?” Before you get too enthused over governmental energy-saving efforts, you might ponder what?s down the road.

The California Energy Commission has recently proposed amendments to its standards for energy efficiency.

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