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Because Global Warming... [Source Article](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/07/29/us-ban-on-incandescent-light-bulbs-starts-next-week-heres-what-to-know/)

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[–] • 4 pts

I can't remember the last time I bought an incandescent bulb. Maybe 10 years ago? idk, doesn't matter. The point is the market has been phasing them out. There is no reason to ban them.

[–] • 4 pts

Trump had it right, let the customer choose what is best for them.

[–] • 1 pt

Matters because it emboldens them to continue overstepping their bounds.

Edit: Nevermind. I re-read your comment and see that you were saying the market is doing it already.

[–] • 1 pt

Right. I don't buy into the reasoning behind the ban in the first place. So the whole thing is just silly.

[–] • 1 pt

Only thing I can think of is further setting precedent of government overreach. Nobody pushes back on this one since, as you pointed out, it’s happening anyway.

The next one, though - gas stoves, coal power plants,non-synthetic meat.

[–] • 4 pts

The reason shouldn’t matter. Government has no business in business.

[–] • 1 pt

Led bulbs promise long service life but deliver shit

[–] • 0 pt

Truth.

They need some kind of class action or something.

[–] • 1 pt

Is this not like the 5th time they have tried this and it keeps getting pushed off another 10 years? Don't get me wrong. I have replaced nearly all of my bulbs with LED but I did that because I found ones that have a light tone I like and they use less power and last longer.

I still have the old incandescent bulbs in a box incase I need them for some reason.

[–] • 2 pts

This actually started in W's term, Obummer enhanced it, Trump cancelled all that (so you could buy incandescents again), this is Biden shutting down incandescents again and forcing LED vs flourescent.

I get decent performamce with interior LED bulbs, but have not had great luck with exterior LED screw in replacement bulbs. At $10 and up a piece, I had 60% mortality within a year and a half - with infrequent use. Infant mortalities wrt hours used. Where's all of my savings? The old incadescents would last years because of their infrequent use.

[–] • 1 pt

Exactly. We have those damn things in my apartment complex's staircase and what do you know? Half of them are already dead before the end of the month after they get replaced! But hey, at least they turn on only if they detect your movement, and even that doesn't save them. I've known some soviet-made bulbs that still work to this day in comparison.

[–] • 0 pt

I have a couple 1930s era (maybe older) , clear glass, roughly 60W, you can't look at the lit bulb very long or you will get a residual image of the filament on your retina that stays with you for a minute. A tough, old school litebulb with the blown glass "tit' on the end.

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Ok, that is a good point. I don't think I replaced any of my "outdoor" lamps with LED. I suppose maybe I will now to test their lifespan. Everything I have replaced has been indoors.

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Incandescent light bulbs are soft on our eyes, government doing this just makes me want it more. I can always make my own if it comes down to it.

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Reading comments, most of you fuckers seem to not be bothered by this. My experience with LEDs are not the same in regard to the smaller candelabra bulbs which are commonly used for hanging light fixtures. Those bulbs don't last any longer and they are ten times the price.

I have had mostly positive experiences with the standard size/type LED bulbs, but I'm still not in favor of banning incandescents.

[–] • 0 pt

Totally agree. The customer should have the choice.