Posted on 04/03/2023 8:22:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
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.
Under the rules, incandescent and similar halogen light bulbs will be prohibited in favor of light-emitting diode, or LED, alternatives. While U.S. households have increasingly switched to LED light bulbs since 2015, fewer than half of households reported using mostly or exclusively LEDs, according to the most recent results from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey.
Overall, 47% use mostly or only LEDs, 15% use mostly incandescent or halogens, and 12% use mostly or all compact fluorescent (CFL), with another 26% reporting no predominant bulb type, the federal data showed. In December, the DOE introduced separate rules banning CFL bulbs, paving the way for LEDs to be the only legal light bulbs to purchase.
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Moving closer and closer to a government-managed economy, formerly known as communism.
Anyone had enough yet?
Lol. See tagline.
That’s not the problem, is it?
The problem is what do we do about it.
Too many Federales working from home, meaning they are doing jack-shyte. Pretending they are useful and busy, by issuing meaningless regulations such as this one.
Remember. Downtown Washington, DC is a ghost town these days. During the normal workweek.
See: Founding Fathers.
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They make it sound like a choice. It wasn't. I like incandecents, but the government doesn't. Not sure which part of the Constitutions lets them decide my lighting choices, but here we are.
In December, the DOE introduced separate rules banning CFL bulbs, paving the way for LEDs to be the only legal light bulbs to purchase.
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Then in the following years LEDs will also be banned in the name of some fake ideology or other.
Only clear incandescent light bulbs look good in my beveled glass fixtures outside my garage. Yep. I’ve already had enough of this chit decades ago.
The problem is what do we do about it.
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Bend over?
No one has done anything about any of this fake stuff since it began, so why would anyone start now when the broom stick is so familiar in the nether parts?
If they can force you to stay in your home, take assigned vaccines, mandate your employment eligibility, forbid public assembly, restrict your travel, wear masks to hide your image, and reassign your children’s gender without your permission, the government can do just about anything they desire to the American public.
When all of this crap started a few years ago I went on line to a Texas light bulb company and ordered CASES of incandescent bulbs in all watts, right now you can not find a regular light bulb in Home Depot!!
Biker Joe wrote:
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The biggest problem I see with this heavy-handed BS is the little bulbs used for specialty stuff, like range hoods, under-cabinet lights, etc.
Oh yeah, and what about the billion different automotive bulbs, are they really all going to be available in LED by August?
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Good question!
Then in the following years LEDs will also be banned in the name of some TOXIC SUBSTANCE USED IN ITS MANUFACTURE.....................
Friggin bottom feeding nosy politicians. Why can’t they just stay the **** out of our lives and leave us alone. Most of them are foreign “refugee” pukes anyway that need their asses kicked for sneaking into America and abandoning their own countries. COWARDS.
Got a lifetime’s supply in my attic. Not gonna’ be my problem.
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