That’s a great idea, you know, because those newfangled energy efficient bulbs will pay for themselves in no time. No time at all.
What’s that? It’ll take ten years for them to pay for themselves. Oh, fer Christ’s sake.
CNSnews.com reports the story:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday to unveil new light fixtures in the House cafeteria. The light fixtures cost $140,000 and will take almost 10 years to pay off in saved energy.
Ten years. The payoff on this is going to take ten friggin’ years. Got that? The story continues:
Ayers said that the new light fixtures and window shades were installed in the cafeteria, located in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building, because the LED [light emitting diode] light fixtures have become much less expensive.
“It’s now becoming much more affordable, so we’re sort of kicking the tires on it for the moment. It seems to work terrific. It’s got great energy savings, and it’s got – we think – great lighting quality, and the price of the light fixtures just in the last year has come down significantly.”
Of course, we’re just swimming in spare cash right now, so this is the perfect time for Pelosi to blow $140,000 on light bulbs that will take ten years to pay for themselves.
Dim bulb. And make no mistake, when we say that we’re referring to the Speaker herself.
Source: CNSnews.com
