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2023-04-03 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Biden admin moving forward with light bulb bans in coming weeks
[Fox] LED light bulbs 'currently cost more than incandescent bulbs and are inferior,' consumer groups said in letter to U.S. Department of Energy

The Biden administration is preparing to implement a sweeping nationwide ban on commonly used light bulbs as part of its energy efficiency and climate agenda.

The regulations, which prohibit retailers from selling incandescent light bulbs, were finalized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2022 and are slated to go into effect on Aug. 1, 2023. The DOE will begin full enforcement of the ban on that date, but it has already urged retailers to begin transitioning away from the light bulb type and, in recent months, begun issuing warning notices to companies.

"The lighting industry is already embracing more energy efficient products, and this measure will accelerate progress to deliver the best products to American consumers and build a better and brighter future," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said last year.

According to the DOE announcement, the regulations will save consumers an estimated $3 billion per year on utility bills and cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next three decades....
We sure have been saving a LOT of money during the OBiden Administration, haven't we?
Interestingly, non-incandescent lightbulbs put out a significantly narrower spectrum of light than old-fashioned incandescent bulbs. Even more interesting, especially for those concerned about the recent rash of mass murders and the radicalization of our most vulnerable, ongoing exposure to less than full spectrum light drives increased anxiety and depression. The best thing of all, of course, is spending a lot of time outside in the sunshine, but that’s a separate question.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Beat you again LSD coup.
Stocked up anti-greenie items already.
Some of us remember LED's blow when subjected to EMP's.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-04-03 06:26||   2023-04-03 06:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Save $3 billion in energy, spend $6 billion in additional costs in bulbs. Just dumb. Someone will do the total carbon lifecycle of the LEDs and find them like electric cars, not very efficient from cradle to grave...
Posted by 49 Pan 2023-04-03 07:08||   2023-04-03 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Yahoo.com - Electric Vehicles Are Draining Billions From Profitable ICE Legacy Automakers With Ford Projecting $3 Billion in Losses
Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-03 07:19||   2023-04-03 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 7 Ways to Use Candles Sustainably for Earth Day
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-03 07:28||   2023-04-03 07:28|| Front Page Top

#5 "What did we have before candles dad? Well son, we had something called electricity."
Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-03 07:29||   2023-04-03 07:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I will support the change if Joe agrees to pose sucking on a lightbulb like Uncle Fester.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-03 07:55||   2023-04-03 07:55|| Front Page Top

#7 The GOPe will still fund the EPA even though they hold the purse strings.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-04-03 08:00||   2023-04-03 08:00|| Front Page Top

#8 BTW: Since I already what I need for a few years.

IF you have a Dollar Tree ($1.25 now) store, they still carry the incandescent light bulbs.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-04-03 09:21||   2023-04-03 09:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I have used LED bulbs. I hate the color and they don't last near as long as advertised.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-04-03 09:22||   2023-04-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#10 You mean they gave up on corkscrew fluorescents?

I bought out most of my Aces supply the last time this $#it was around. Still got a big box full.
Posted by AlanC 2023-04-03 09:49||   2023-04-03 09:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Ford Motor Company is doubling down on EV, with what appears to be limited success. I suspect the end result will be a massive gov't bailout, but perhaps that is the plan. Gov't money on the front end, more gov't money on the back end.

Not an original thought BTW.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-03 09:53||   2023-04-03 09:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Bidet, China Puppet delivers the next enforced monopoly to China, exactly what you thought.

"Most of the world’s LED lamp production occurs in China. By value, 94% of all LED lamp imports to
the United States were manufactured in China in 2019. Virtually no LED lamp manufacturing is taking place in the United States today."

Page VII, opening summary, US Department of Energy, LED Manufacturing Supply Chain

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/ssl-2020-led-mfg-supply-chain-mar21.pdf
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-03 11:38||   2023-04-03 11:38|| Front Page Top

#13 With an incandescent bulb emitting 90% of its current as heat it isn't very efficient. Because of the long hot Oklahoma summer season I did not like paying a higher air conditioning bill for my light... During the short winter months the extra warmth was helpful. So the technologies have trade offs.
Posted by magpie 2023-04-03 13:50||   2023-04-03 13:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Nobody ever mentions that incandescent lightbulbs din indoor use do not waste energy except in the Summer. The energy supposedly wasted becomes heat, and contributes to heating the premises Thus,, in winter the energy supposely wasted must be replaced by gas or electric or wood or coal heatinr. This cuts considerably toward reducing the savings involved. It probably reduces it from what it would be if this fact were ignored, by a approximately two thirds.
And if anyone would like to change lightbulbs during daylight savings changes there would be no wastage at all from such bulbs.
Posted by By now 2023-04-03 17:23||   2023-04-03 17:23|| Front Page Top

#15 That’s how I used to handle it, once non-incandescent bulbs were available: summer bulbs and winter bulbs.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-04-03 22:52||   2023-04-03 22:52|| Front Page Top

#16 I could just about sing a song about my first dimming 500 watt halogen torchiere. Only had to run another heater during the very hardest of freezes (in NOLA), and SAD was never a problem. Loved that thing.
Posted by Percy Crosh4951 2023-04-03 23:59||   2023-04-03 23:59|| Front Page Top

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