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Old 03-03-2017, 12:58 PM   #140
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Couldn't they just ban the sale of incandescent light bulbs in Alberta? I think a pack of 60W equivalent LED bulbs isn't bank-breaking ($15?) and they last significantly longer.

You'd probably have near 100% changeover within 5 years.

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How is it leeching?
Because you're sucking government money intended to lower carbon emissions and robbing everyone of the (albeit small) benefit that money is supposed to have so you can have extra LED bulbs instead of replacing higher emission incandescents and more programmable thermostats than you can plug in.

It's parasitic.

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leech1
lēCH/Submit
noun
1.
an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, especially of vertebrates, and others are predators.
2.
a person who extorts profit from or sponges on others.
"they are leeches feeding off the hardworking majority"
synonyms: parasite, bloodsucker; More

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