About those incandescent........................

 ......................................light bulbs:

The transition to more sustainable products should feel like an upgrade for consumers, not a sacrifice.

The power elite?.....................................

 The understanding of America as an empire is as foreign to most Americans as is the idea that the specific country that they live in is run by a class of people who may number themselves among the elect but weren’t in fact elected by anyone.

-David Samuels, as extracted from this read-worthy essay

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