Biden administration begins enforcing nationwide light bulb bans, igniting backlash

[Wolseley]

The Biden administration will begin enforcing a nationwide ban on various types of popular light bulbs Tuesday as part of its aggressive energy efficiency agenda.

Under the Department of Energy's (DOE) regulations, manufacturers and retailers will be prohibited from selling incandescent and similar halogen light bulbs which represent a sizable share of current light bulb supplies. Instead, manufacturers and retailers must sell light-emitting diode, or LED, alternatives or risk substantial federal penalties.

First it was oil pipelines. Then it was fracking. After that it was gas stoves. The latest was hot water heaters. Now, it's light bulbs. Apparently this man and his handlers are not going to be satisfied until we're all living in mud huts and using smokeless candles for illumination, eating insects raw because cooking fires contribute to climate change.

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[mourningdove~]

No joke.

Appears that is where we are headed ...

 

[chevyontheriver]

First it was oil pipelines. Then it was fracking. After that it was gas stoves. The latest was hot water heaters. Now, it's light bulbs. Apparently this man and his handlers are not going to be satisfied until we're all living in mud huts and using smokeless candles for illumination, eating insects raw because cooking fires contribute to climate change.

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On this I think a rational cost minimizer would buy LED bulbs. They are the best technical choice for almost every lighting need. A well informed person buying light bulbs would be phasing them in, first removing incandescent bulbs, then halogen bulbs, then fluorescent bulbs. Sure I can see some special cases where an incandescent bulb might still be a good idea, like in raising baby chickens where some warmth is needed. Or in a reef aquarium where a specific spectrum and intensity of light is needed. But even there a heating pad works fine for chicks and a mix of HO LEDs has just as good a result in raising corals.

Should the government forbid incandescent lights? No. They should insist on the life cycle costs of the bulbs be provided on the packaging. Then let smart consumers figure it out for themselves. It's pretty much a no-brainer in 2023 that LEDs are cheaper in the long run. I have ONE incandescent bulb left upstairs and that is because I have yet to find the right fit for an LED bulb. It's a goofy fixture. I have ONE flourescent bulb left in the house and that again is because it's a weird fixture. I have two or three incandescent bulbs in the crawl space, but then I only go down there maybe twice a year and it's just not a priority. I have one flourescent bulb in the garage, but that's only on maybe an hour a month. When it goes in a few years it will be replaced by an LED. But at this rate it will be years before I need to think about it. The rest of the garage lights are all LED, the ones that get used that is, like over my workbench. The aquaria all have LEDs with fancy spectrum controls and timers. I couldn't afford incandescents for the intensity I need, and they would generate too much heat anyways. My only use case for incandescents is one goofy fixture I should just get rid of anyway and a crawl space I almost never go to.

Is Joe a dim light bulb? maybe even a flickering flourescent bulb? Yup. Are LEDs smart for almost all cases. Yup. Let consumers vote their pocketbooks. This year, as last year, that means LEDs for almost every bulb.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

Carbon fueled the industrial revolution and the technological explosion.
Take away carbon fuel and we will be back to the mud huts. No wood fires either. That is carbon also.
Keep voting these people in and you will be living in those mud huts wearing animal skins. Oops, not that either. Maybe vegetable skins. Back to the fig leaf. This is just crazy.